[New-Poetry] Dickinson Poem I Thought Hilarious

[Anny Ballardini]

I think Emily is observing and I find it ironical, and a great Emily poem,
as many are.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:

> I prize Emily for saying a poem should tell things slant, and I like some
> of her poems, but this one not only is bad, but hilarious so--to me.  I
> would even question its premise, that we don't want to continue to love a
> person who has just died.  I sort of know what she means but she says it
> poorly, as well as tinkingly formulaically--even, I would hope, for people
> who believe in "Eternity."  And the image of my little valentine heart
> falling out onto the floor when someone has died seems funny to me, as does
> the cute image of sweeping it up.
>
> 1108.
>
> The Bustle in a House
> The Morning after Death
> Is solemnest of industries
> Enacted upon Earth –
>
> The Sweeping up the Heart
> And putting Love away
> We shall not want to use again
> Until Eternity –
>
>        ---Emily Dickinson
>
>
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