The name was Emily Dickinson. Inclosed with the letter were four poems, two of which have been ... Invites the race, Stoops to an easy clover, Dips--evades--teases--deploys-- Then to the royal ...

The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio,"—something produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way ...

Passionate, astute, concentrated. The poems of Emily Dickinson (1830–86) have marked her out as one of the great American poets and she has been placed by the critic Harold Bloom as a key figure ...

Despite their simple language, close readers can tease out multiple ... it might refer to the crystal’s milky color. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “After great pain, a formal feeling comes,” Dickinson ...

She treasured simple wildflowers such as ... In her book “The Gardens of Emily Dickinson,” Judith Farr demonstrates that Dickinson’s poetry cannot be fully appreciated without understanding ...