There seems to be a increasing number of…err, odd poets in the later half of this
semester, focusing heavily on Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe. And I don’t seem to
be the only one who has noticed. It’s seems many in class have a distinct
opinion of Dickinson and Edgar, either loving them or hating them or a
combination of both. As Esther mentions, Dickinson is very good at writing
visually by “build[ing] a very distinct picture in my head of what this death
may look like. (which, really, is pretty creepy considering it's her own death.)”
Both of these iconic poets very distinctive styles, and as Tanisha examines, “Edgar Allen Poe rounds off the top five. His work has a unique mixture of
dark and light. While it appears to be very melancholy, there is still some
illumination on characters/ideas present.”
After reading everyone else’s posts
on Poe and Dickinson, and well, just poetry in general, it was comforting to know
that I wasn’t the only one who had difficulties understanding and sometimes
relating to the poetry we read of the semester; this was a huge relief to this English
major…I was beginning to worry. Anyways I digress, whether you hate, love, or
just don’t get Dickinson or Poe (I’m sure there were many family/friends who
didn’t get them either) it is difficult reading their work without having an
opinion one way or the other.
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