Emily Dickinson, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” (J288; Franklin 260)
“I’m Nobody! Who are you?” (Franklin 260) Emily Dickinson I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – Too? Then there’...
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Notes on Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers…” (254)
“Hope” is the thing with feathers… (254) Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul –...
Just finished a Straussian ritual, Aristophanes’ “Clouds:” Preliminary Notes on the Limits of Comedy
1. Consideration of comedians: they use laughter to make everything ridiculous. The good things, while made ridiculous, still are essentially good and cannot be...
On Sylvia Plath’s “Fever 103”
Fever 103 Sylvia Plath (copied from the NEA’s Poetry Out Loud site) Pure? What does it mean? The tongues of hell Are dull, dull as the triple Tongues of d...
Does Memory Necessitate Pain? On Dickinson’s “Such is the Force of Happiness” (787)
“Such is the Force of Happiness…” (787) Emily Dickinson Such is the Force of Happiness – The Least – can lift a Ton Assisted by it...