tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post7569403884204259441..comments2024-03-29T00:07:13.458-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: Come slowly—Eden!Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-64922909864319994562023-02-27T11:37:06.839-08:002023-02-27T11:37:06.839-08:00A second thought on Comment 7, Feb 7, 2023 (above)...A second thought on Comment 7, Feb 7, 2023 (above):<br /><br />“How could anyone reading this poem think of ED as a sexless spinster? Apparently, Todd and Higginson (1890) did …... T&H entitled the poem ‘Apotheosis’ in their first published volume of ED’s poetry (1890).”<br /><br />By 1890, Mabel Todd and her paramour, Austin Dickinson, knew very well that ED and Sue had, as teenagers, a lesbian relationship, but when Todd published ED’s poems and letters, she (and Austin) did everything they could to hide the truth from the world. One, or both, erased ED’s signatures on poems to Sue, censored letters and poems that they did publish, and, apparently, kept Higginson in the dark. <br /><br />It was bad enough that their affair was common knowledge among Amherst gossips, but admitting the Dickinson 'Homestead' and 'Evergreens' harbored two homosexuals would have devastated Austin’s reputation among legal clients and competing law firms. <br /><br />For the next 100 years, most ED scholars and readers bought into their scenario.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-86608954213311168172023-02-27T09:04:58.872-08:002023-02-27T09:04:58.872-08:00Sigh … , I was sixteen going on seventeen in 1959 ...Sigh … , I was sixteen going on seventeen in 1959 when The Fleetwoods released ‘Come softly, darling’, so when I read ED’s incredible antecedent, ‘Come slowly - Eden’, how can I not think of those lovely lyrics? Words in parentheses were sung solely by the women in the trio, Gretchen Christopher, and Barbara Ellis.<br /><br />Mm dooby do, dahm dahm, dahm do dahm ooby do<br />Dahm dahm, dahm do dahm, ooby do<br />Dahm dahm, dahm do dahm, ooby do<br />Dahm dahm, dahm ooh dahm<br />Mm dooby do<br /><br />(Come softly, darling)<br />(Come softly, darling)<br />(Come softly, darling)<br />(Come softly, darling)<br /><br />(Come softly, darling)<br />(Come to me, sta-ay)<br />(You're my ob-session)<br />(For ever and a da-ay)<br /><br />I want, want you to kno-o-ow<br />I love, I love you so<br />Please hold, hold me so tight<br />All through, all through the night..<br /><br />(Speak softly, darling)<br />(Hear what I sa-ay)<br />(I love you always)<br />(Always, always)<br /><br />I've waited, waited so long<br />For your kisses and your love<br />Please come, come to me<br />From up, from up above<br /><br />(Come softly, darling)<br />(Come softly, darling)<br />I need, need you so much<br />Wanna feel your wa-arm touch<br /><br />Mm dooby do, dahm dahm, dahm do dahm ooby do<br />Dahm dahm, dahm do dahm, ooby do<br />Dahm dahm, dahm do dahm, ooby do<br />Dahm dahm, dahm ooh dahm<br /><br />1959 was an incredibly good year, sigh ….<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-88331167670020557522023-02-07T16:27:52.890-08:002023-02-07T16:27:52.890-08:00How could anyone reading this poem think of ED as ...How could anyone reading this poem think of ED as a sexless spinster? Apparently, Todd and Higginson (1890) did, along with 100 years of literary scholars. T&H entitled the poem ‘Apotheosis’ in their first published volume of ED’s poetry (1890). <br /><br />Oxford Languages Dictionary’s second (and more traditional) definition of “apotheosis” is “deification; elevation of someone to divine status”. With apologies to T&H, I prefer its more modern first definition, “culmination or climax’. <br /><br />https://www.google.com/search?q=apotheosis&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS944US944&oq=Apotheosis&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512l3j0i512j0i131i433i512j0i512j0i433i512j0i512l3.1460j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 <br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-91435392326123639592023-01-07T15:20:41.375-08:002023-01-07T15:20:41.375-08:00Something strange has happened, simultaneous irrup...Something strange has happened, simultaneous irruption of Vesuvius and Aetna.<br /><br />Five pessimistic after pessimistic poems: F193 Broken trust, F194 Unreal marriage, F195 Lovelorn longing, F196 Chiding neediness, F197 Bearing pain.<br /><br />Suddenly, six happy poems: F198 Babbling baby lips, F199 Anticipated love, F200 First young love, F201 Rekindled love, F202 Friends sharing secrets of the heart, F203 Surging breasts.<br /><br />One relapse into wistful piety: F204 Dead children cross the stile of death.<br /><br />Finally and without warning, unprecedented incredibly frank celebration of sexual reunion: F205 Come slowly Eden! / Lips unused to thee / Bashful—sip thy Jessamines— / As the fainting Bee—.<br /><br />Dying worth waiting for…..<br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-198915738483884362021-01-04T18:01:18.030-08:002021-01-04T18:01:18.030-08:00Check the last word. What is it rhymed with?Check the last word. What is it rhymed with?Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-12948519526412853112021-01-04T06:42:57.082-08:002021-01-04T06:42:57.082-08:00The end rhyme of the poem above isThe end rhyme of the poem above isAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182333264773735059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-35408544601048158392021-01-04T06:41:59.768-08:002021-01-04T06:41:59.768-08:00The end rhyme of the poem above is?The end rhyme of the poem above is?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182333264773735059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-22066838938429786972018-10-20T11:06:31.423-07:002018-10-20T11:06:31.423-07:00But of courseBut of courseGeraint ap Iorwerthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759637601537682526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-89315046019511477632017-01-03T11:31:28.802-08:002017-01-03T11:31:28.802-08:00Yes, very sexual indeed. I love the delicious sens...Yes, very sexual indeed. I love the delicious sensuality of this poem. However, it might be also said that Dickinson is using a sexual metaphor for a transcendent relationship -- as if becoming deeply intimate with someone, nonsexually, is like both sexual consummation as well as the bees blissful entrance into the balms of the fragrant jasmine.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-13188919056942972782017-01-03T11:00:33.354-08:002017-01-03T11:00:33.354-08:00Is it just me, or is there a sexual metaphor going...Is it just me, or is there a sexual metaphor going on here? The first stanza from the point of view virgin female unused to sex asking to go slowly. The bashful lips sipping from the passion flower.<br /><br />The second stanza is from the point of view of the male bee who is a bit tardy coming to his love, enters her chamber and is lost in balms (aromatic sap or juice..that which heals). <br /><br />A longed for consummation of love is like entering paradise!<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047678873938396282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-21612812047560190352013-09-18T01:35:49.734-07:002013-09-18T01:35:49.734-07:00The second stanza could very well be much more gra...The second stanza could very well be much more graphic as we see the actual Bee finally attaining your flower they had been searching for.<br /><a href="http://www.joyrs.com/" rel="nofollow">buy runescape gold</a><br /><a href="http://www.vipmmobank.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV.Gold" rel="nofollow">Cheap FFXIV Gil</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302847130610164358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-65879837044940829512012-03-09T14:46:43.698-08:002012-03-09T14:46:43.698-08:00Susan, you can use the image on the blog. my only ...Susan, you can use the image on the blog. my only request is a reference and a link back to my blog.dev wijewardanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270285642586044290noreply@blogger.com