schnurln's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Favorites:
- "I Like A Look Of Agony"
- "I Can Wade Grief"
- "A Solemn Thing - It Was - I Said"
- "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain"
- "Before I Got My Eye Put Out"
- "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense"
- "She Dealt Her Pretty Words Like Blades"
- "It Was Not Death For I Stood Up"
- "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
- "Pain Has An Element Of Blank"
- "Her Losses Make Our Gains Ashamed"
- "I Like A Look Of Agony"
- "I Can Wade Grief"
- "A Solemn Thing - It Was - I Said"
- "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain"
- "Before I Got My Eye Put Out"
- "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense"
- "She Dealt Her Pretty Words Like Blades"
- "It Was Not Death For I Stood Up"
- "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
- "Pain Has An Element Of Blank"
- "Her Losses Make Our Gains Ashamed"
tanaz_masaba's review against another edition
5.0
I doubt there is anything that I can say that everyone else hasn't said already. Dickinson's poems are sassy, sarcastic, humorous, inspiring and heartbreaking, and it never fails to amaze me how she was able push her imagination to the limits and come up with words that simply resonate with whoever reads them. Though completing this entire book took some time and courage, I am glad I did it, and I am grateful to my grandfather for giving me this book as gift, because the poems that Dickinson wrote truly captivated and mesmerized me.