I really enjoyed reading Emily Dickinson's poems and was sad that we didn't get to touch upon them in class. I had heard of her before and knew that her fame did not come about until after her death, but I had never read any of her works before. Her poetry is so simple, but so detailed and complicated simultaneously. I especially like that none of her poems had titles. That left the interpretation of her poems to be even more ambiguous because you could choose your own meaning to her words. And the more I think about it, poems don't really need specific creative titles.
My favorite one was "Poem 512." Although all of her poems had a very lyrical flow to them, this poem stood out to me. In line 11 she wrote, "The soul has moments of Escape-When bursting all the doors..." Not only do I find this inspiring, but her continuous use of capitalization throughout the poem is fantastic. She capitalizes each word that holds a more significant and deeper meaning, such as, "The SOul has Bandaged moments." Emily Dickinson mentions "she," and "her," several times throughout this poem which I interpreted as her way of referring to the soul, Dickinson's soul to be exact.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the poetry and skilled abilities of someone far ahead of her time.
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