[New-Poetry] Dickinson Poem I Thought Hilarious

[Anny Ballardini]

We get to the same point through different ways. Yes, that is Emily's
message.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:

> I'll buy that -- I hadn't thought of it that way, but it jibes with my idea
> that she is never going to be able to put love away -- in fact, it's
> advances it.
>
> Anny Ballardini wrote:
>
>> 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<mailto:
>> 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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