[New-Poetry] Dickinson Poem I Thought Hilarious

[Anny Ballardini]

I can see the gravity someone might imply in reading this poem, but I stand
with my interpretation because Eternity is now, as it was before and will
be, there is therefore no putting Love away.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>wrote:

>
>
>>>    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
>>>
>> Hmmm, I misread "Love" as the specific love for the deceased instead of
> love in general--The One Loved One is gone, so one won't have any use for
> love again until meeting the deceased in Eternity.  That makes it better,
> but I still don't like it.  The combination of jingle and sentimentality is
> too much, for me.
>
> --Bob G.
>
>
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