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[星子]

Two years ago, when I read Emily Dickinson’s poems, I felt them very strange. Yet I was still deeply punched and attracted by them.
I seldom read theory about poetry since my personality was kind of hunting for freedom.
The evidence is very clear, I can dance by myself very well, but if someone teach me how to dance, then I am totally lost. But a few days ago, I borrowed a book “the Art of poetry”, then I found the way what I interpreted Emily Dickinson’s poems was just spontaneous, I was not really sure why I loved them and why she wrote like that. But now with the guide, they seem much deeper and more meaningful. I admire her skills and creativity.

Here I would like to show some examples.

Four Trees--upon a solitary Acre--
Without Design
Or Order, or Apparent Action--
Maintain--

The Sun--upon a Morning meets them--
The Wind--
No nearer Neighbor--have they--
But God--

The Acre gives them--Place--
They--Him--Attention of Passer by--
Of Shadow, or of Squirrel, haply--
Or Boy--

What Deed is Their's unto the General Nature--
What Plan
They severally--retard--or further--
Unknown—

Emily Dickinson’s life was a mystery. This poem is the same. The ending “Unknown—“is very striking, yet peaceful. It shares such deep insight: things just exist and are beyond knowing.

I especially love Dickinson’s vision about life, freedom and truth. She used her unique way to present a world beyond our knowing, remote and solitary….

In this poem, she tried to avoid verb, and used minim puncanations. Instead, she introduced dash. For me, a sign of continuing, yet breaking or halting…

Four trees are observed by a quiet heart and random focus with wondering thoughts.
It seemed to raise questions casually, what deed, what plan… They retard—further unknown…

The idle natural scenes are merely connected by a set of almost unconnected nouns: trees, sun, wind, place, shadow etc. Objects simply appear one beside or after the other and the whole relationship remain unclear.

After reading this poem, I believe readers will be left to pause, wonder and hang on those images… what deed, what plan…then unknown
Dickinson creatively broke the grammar rules, hang her thoughts and images in the idle and disconnect objects just like her lines here. She made a unique and silent scene and image by displaying words with fragmental grammar checking.
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[[ANNA]]

Two years ago, when I read Emily Dickinson’s poems, I felt them very strange. Yet I was still deeply punched and attracted by them.
I seldom read theory about poetry since my personality was kind of hunting for freedom.
The evidence is very clear, I can dance by myself very well, but if someone teach me how to dance, then I am totally lost. But a few days ago, I borrowed a book “the Art of poetry”, then I found the way what I interpreted Emily Dickinson’s poems was just spontaneous, I was not really sure why I loved them and why she wrote like that. But now with the guide, they seem much deeper and more meaningful. I admire her skills and creativity.

Here I would like to show some examples.

Four Trees--upon a solitary Acre--
Without Design
Or Order, or Apparent Action--
Maintain--

The Sun--upon a Morning meets them--
The Wind--
No nearer Neighbor--have they--
But God--

The Acre gives them--Place--
They--Him--Attention of Passer by--
Of Shadow, or of Squirrel, haply--
Or Boy--

What Deed is Their's unto the General Nature--
What Plan
They severally--retard--or further--
Unknown—

Emily Dickinson’s life was a mystery. This poem is the same. The ending “Unknown—“is very striking, yet peaceful. It shares such deep insight: things just exist and are beyond knowing.

I especially love Dickinson’s vision about life, freedom and truth. She used her unique way to present a world beyond our knowing, remote and solitary….

In this poem, she tried to avoid verb, and used minim puncanations. Instead, she introduced dash. For me, a sign of continuing, yet breaking or halting…

Four trees are observed by a quiet heart and random focus with wondering thoughts.
It seemed to raise questions casually, what deed, what plan… They retard—further unknown…

The idle natural scenes are merely connected by a set of almost unconnected nouns: trees, sun, wind, place, shadow etc. Objects simply appear one beside or after the other and the whole relationship remain unclear.

After reading this poem, I believe readers will be left to pause, wonder and hang on those images… what deed, what plan…then unknown
Dickinson creatively broke the grammar rules, hang her thoughts and images in the idle and disconnect objects just like her lines here. She made a unique and silent scene and image by displaying words with fragmental grammar checking.
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[老哈]

Come on, keep going......
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掠过天堂刹那间的感觉

[[老哈]]

Come on, keep going......
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掠过天堂刹那间的感觉

[星子]

Sorry. I am so busy. I cannot focus on it now...

and also I fear to make mistakes...

But don't worry, whenever I have nothing, I still have my courage.
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[[ANNA]]

Sorry. I am so busy. I cannot focus on it now...

and also I fear to make mistakes...

But don't worry, whenever I have nothing, I still have my courage.
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[anna]

回老哈,,,斗胆写了一段,,,请指教!
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

回老哈,,,斗胆写了一段,,,请指教!
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[不清]

Anna,

Nice intro to a poet.

(her name is Dickinson, not Dickson)
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[[不清]]

Anna,

Nice intro to a poet.

(her name is Dickinson, not Dickson)
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「四十二排浪，沒有一排是相似的」——不清

博客：
http://42waves.tumblr.com

[anna]

回头读读....OOPS...

THANKS
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

回头读读....OOPS...

THANKS
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[老哈]

It must take personal uniqueness to produce unique work. But I also remember Tolstoy once wrote, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Every unique life reflects some down side.
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[[老哈]]

It must take personal uniqueness to produce unique work. But I also remember Tolstoy once wrote, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Every unique life reflects some down side.
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[星子]

Every unique life reflects some down side...

I disgree with lao ha.

I don't believe perfect life exists. Every kind of life has some phases on its down side. Sometimes it is a good thing when you get through it and looking back, you will understand better yourself and others.

As human, we are always on the way to search... life's meaning or self awaring... On the journey a lot give up the searching, others stick on it.

I guess me one of the latter.
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[[ANNA]]

Every unique life reflects some down side...

I disgree with lao ha.

I don't believe perfect life exists. Every kind of life has some phases on its down side. Sometimes it is a good thing when you get through it and looking back, you will understand better yourself and others.

As human, we are always on the way to search... life's meaning or self awaring... On the journey a lot give up the searching, others stick on it.

I guess me one of the latter.
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[老哈]

It's understandable, but......

Take a deep breath first!


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掠过天堂刹那间的感觉

[[老哈]]

It's understandable, but......

Take a deep breath first!


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掠过天堂刹那间的感觉

[博弈]

you pick a very good example of her poems
the '--' (almost her trademark ；））at the end of each stanza also as a way to connect 'cells'

her choice of words achieve maximum drama in these quatrains, some said

she'd often leave a what I called 'unfinished stanza' after the last line of poem, that's where her quatrain's power, repercussion and charm continue;

when you eye-read her poems a second time (try skipping some words), you always get some thing more, my view
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Sometimes I am busy
Sometimes I am free
In between, there's it
Until I find thee...

[[Mark]]

you pick a very good example of her poems
the '--' (almost her trademark ；））at the end of each stanza also as a way to connect 'cells'

her choice of words achieve maximum drama in these quatrains, some said

she'd often leave a what I called 'unfinished stanza' after the last line of poem, that's where her quatrain's power, repercussion and charm continue;

when you eye-read her poems a second time (try skipping some words), you always get some thing more, my view
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Sometimes I am busy
Sometimes I am free
In between, there's it
Until I find thee...

[Lake]

[[Lake]]

[星子]

Thanks Lao Ha, 博弈 and Lake.

I don't agree " Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." I think all is unique...

As for Diskinson's grammar's case, unique thoughts are much valuable than prefect grammar.
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[[ANNA]]

Thanks Lao Ha, 博弈 and Lake.

I don't agree " Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." I think all is unique...

As for Diskinson's grammar's case, unique thoughts are much valuable than prefect grammar.
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[Lake]

[[Lake]]

[anna]

Thanks Lake for sharing.

As for the line,

Where the Meanings, are --

how should I read it if it is in normal order?

I just want to be sure.

Thanks.
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

Thanks Lake for sharing.

As for the line,

Where the Meanings, are --

how should I read it if it is in normal order?

I just want to be sure.

Thanks.
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[anna]

After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes
Poem lyrics of After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes by Emily Dickinson.


After great pain, a formal feeling comes
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Toombs
The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore,
And Yesterday, or Centuries before?

The Feet, mechanical, go round
Of Ground, or Air, or Ought
A Wooden way
Regardless grown,
A Quartz contentment, like a stone

This is the Hour of Lead
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons recollect the Snow
First-Chill-then Stupor-then the letting go
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes
Poem lyrics of After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes by Emily Dickinson.


After great pain, a formal feeling comes
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Toombs
The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore,
And Yesterday, or Centuries before?

The Feet, mechanical, go round
Of Ground, or Air, or Ought
A Wooden way
Regardless grown,
A Quartz contentment, like a stone

This is the Hour of Lead
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons recollect the Snow
First-Chill-then Stupor-then the letting go
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com