Emily Dickinson

This collection of Emily Dickinson poems is published to meet the desire of her personal friends, and especially of her surviving sister. It is believed that the thoughtful reader will find in these pages a quality more suggestive of the poetry of William Blake than of anything to be elsewhere found,-flashes of wholly original and profound insight into nature and life; words and phrases exhibiting an extraordinary vividness of descriptive and imaginative...

It seems that every kid goes through a "bug" phase. When your child or classroom can't resist collecting caterpillars, ladybugs, and crickets, this collection of poems makes a fun and educational companion. This book contains 31 poems and nursery rhymes that are perfect for budding entomologists and those who haven't outgrown their sense of wonder when seeing a spider's silken web. Familiar favorites like "The Ants go Marching" and "Itsy Bitsy...

Poemas Selectos es un libro que encapsula la esencia de la poesía de Emily Dickinson: la introspección, la fugacidad de la existencia y la conexión íntima con la naturaleza. A través de su estilo característico, la autora juega con la imagen de una flor como símbolo de presencia y ausencia, vida y transitoriedad. La voz poética se oculta en la flor, sugiriendo una unión con el mundo natural y, al mismo tiempo, un misterio que solo se revela...

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen-hundred poems were, published, during her lifetime. The work that was, published during her lifetime was usually, altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886, when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister,...

Emily Dickinson nasceu em Amherst, Massachusetts, em 1830, e morreu na mesma cidade, em 1886. Por volta de 1860, iniciou a fase madura de sua poesia e, salvo dez poemas divulgados em jornal, a obra de Emily só foi difundida após a sua morte. De intensa emoção concentrada, sua poesia é única e antecipatória em termos de densidade léxica e liberdade sintática. A primeira edição trazia 45 poemas e esta, revista e ampliada, traz 35 novas traduções....

The verses of Emily Dickinson are produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way of expression of the writer's own mind. Such verse must inevitably forfeit whatever advantage lies in the discipline of public criticism and the enforced conformity to accepted ways.

The intellectual activity of Emily Dickinson was so great that a large and characteristic choice is still possible among her literary material, and this third volume of her verses is put forth in response to the repeated wish of the admirers of her peculiar genius. Much of Emily Dickinson's prose was rhythmic, -even rhymed, though frequently not set apart in lines.

Emily Dickinson, born in 1830, was the granddaughter of the founder of Amherst College. Except for a few journeys when she was young, Emily lived the life of a recluse in her father's house, spending her days writing poems and letters. In 1862, she sent a few of her poems to a publisher. He replied that her work was too unusual, too different. This was her first and last attempt to reach the public ear. From then on, she bound her work in small hand-stitched...