Friday, February 1, 2008
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was a pretty interesting lady. I have trouble understanding her life because she spent most of it in her house writing. When she died she said she wanted all of her works burned and a lot of it was, but her poetry remained. while she did some good writing in her time she must have had a boring life. I like her poem "Those-dying, then" its saying that back in the day because peoples faith was so strong god was a prominent figure and it was certain that you would go to heaven, but now god has gone missing and she says that she would rather believe in something good that does not exist then nothing at all. shes pretty tough to understand.
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Dearest Jake,
I disagree with your comment about Emily Dickinson. I know that you are expressing your personal opinion when you spoke of her as being "boring", but I perceived her more as being dedicated. I only wish that I could demonstrate as much initiative with my homework as she did with her writing!
I also enjoyed her poem "Those-dying, Then" because like Dickinson, I believe that it is important to have faith in some sort of "higher being", whether it be God or something else. I think that this sort of faith enables us to be more grounded in our everyday lives.
We can passionately argue about this subject in class on Monday, biatch. I am looking forward to hearing your "train(s) of thought!"
--Goldie
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