tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post8740052551103985362..comments2024-03-27T11:02:20.107-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: One need not be a Chamber—to be Haunted—Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-46128622322161272342024-02-17T08:03:19.262-08:002024-02-17T08:03:19.262-08:00When ED needs an extra beat in a line, she often a...When ED needs an extra beat in a line, she often adds "a' " to a common word. In Line 11 she has stretched two-syllable "oneself" into three-syllable "one's a'self". Clever, no?<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-31177092019100523012023-08-02T14:12:40.789-07:002023-08-02T14:12:40.789-07:00"The Brain has Corridors — surpassing / Mater..."The Brain has Corridors — surpassing / Material Place — // Far safer, of a Midnight Meeting"<br /><br />Betcha ED's "Material Place" was the Northwest Passage:<br /><br />"This dark hallway, known in the family as the Northwest Passage, was a nondescript space between the public front rooms and those where food was stored and prepared. Because it had five doorways, one of which opened to an unlit staircase, it offered multiple possibilities for “access or escape,” as Martha Bianchi cannily put it. According to her, when Emily spotted Sue on her way from the Evergreens, she often sought a hurried meeting in this passageway. Martha conveys the impression these get-togethers tended to be interrupted by other family members, who naturally invited Sue into the more presentable front rooms."<br /><br />Habegger, Alfred. My Wars Are Laid Away in Books (p. 638). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. <br /><br /><br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-64055717338891775502023-08-02T13:45:23.892-07:002023-08-02T13:45:23.892-07:00Also, ED probably intended “a’caper” in F25:
A se...Also, ED probably intended “a’caper” in F25:<br /><br />A sepal, petal, and a thorn<br />Upon a common summer's morn<br />flask of Dew - A Bee or two -<br />A Breeze - a caper in the trees -<br />And I'm a Rose!<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-54503545584547781682023-08-02T13:31:29.543-07:002023-08-02T13:31:29.543-07:001. A’blossom - ‘My first well Day - since many ill...1. A’blossom - ‘My first well Day - since many ill’<br />2. a'chase-, a'self - ‘One need not be a Chamber - to be Haunted’<br />3. a'chirrup - ‘What shall I do when the Summer troubles’<br />4. a'lull. – ‘Many a phrase has the English language’<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-71361037373180248912022-01-04T14:45:35.067-08:002022-01-04T14:45:35.067-08:00Question, please. In the line "Than its inter...Question, please. In the line "Than its interior confronting"--to what is "its" referring to?<br /><br />Far safer, of a Midnight Meeting<br />External Ghost<br />Than its interior Confronting —<br />That Cooler Host.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-78962638401309588522020-01-21T23:41:15.309-08:002020-01-21T23:41:15.309-08:00Saw this on Alias Grace episode and had to google ...Saw this on Alias Grace episode and had to google and find some explanations on it.Kohila Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09750869563199783497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-60833648795331484282017-06-26T22:21:58.727-07:002017-06-26T22:21:58.727-07:00The interesting thing is to know what this frighte...The interesting thing is to know what this frightening self is telling. Dickinson never tells, but could it be that it kills the rosy dream of immortality? Compare Because I could not stop for Death. She was a sharp thinker and did not leave many illusions intact.Tony Anderssonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-5409313722999403682017-05-17T06:00:01.494-07:002017-05-17T06:00:01.494-07:00Thanks for correcting. Watch our for that Cooler H...Thanks for correcting. Watch our for that Cooler Host. She's very sneaky. Craig Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797268010726979872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-4071701354884286652017-05-17T05:53:46.786-07:002017-05-17T05:53:46.786-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Craig Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797268010726979872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-70325926592656143672017-05-16T20:46:52.393-07:002017-05-16T20:46:52.393-07:00Done. Thank you. It was a very odd scrambling... c...Done. Thank you. It was a very odd scrambling... can't figure out just how that happened as I usually copy/paste from Johnson's online and then adjust for Franklin's -- and here Johnson's and Franklin's coincide. It must be the Assassin in my Apartment.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-51160120930763068152017-05-16T13:18:03.587-07:002017-05-16T13:18:03.587-07:00The lines of the poem are out of order. Please cor...The lines of the poem are out of order. Please correct. Thank you. Craig Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797268010726979872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-32450795826449329232017-05-15T09:58:20.277-07:002017-05-15T09:58:20.277-07:00it's gud thought.let's face ourselvesit's gud thought.let's face ourselvesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-23264247810007706972017-03-08T08:01:59.660-08:002017-03-08T08:01:59.660-08:00These commentaries are brilliant and very helpful,...These commentaries are brilliant and very helpful, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-71411696981242579002015-06-09T07:49:50.353-07:002015-06-09T07:49:50.353-07:00The trusty Dickinson Lexicon gives no etymology: h...The trusty Dickinson Lexicon gives no etymology: http://edl.byu.edu/lexicon/term/438293<br />I think you're right about it being a poetic choice based on sound.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-77545360067108244472015-06-09T06:37:14.022-07:002015-06-09T06:37:14.022-07:00I'm wondering about the etymology of "a&#...I'm wondering about the etymology of "a'self' in the third stanza. It clearly refers to that internal cooler Host who is so frightening; it plays nicely off the preceding "a'chase;" but I've never seen it before. Is it an ED coinage perhaps: having liked "a'chase' she thought what the heck, I'll do another one? Or something else with lineage outside ED? Anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-60560437590224431952015-05-14T09:29:19.864-07:002015-05-14T09:29:19.864-07:00really helpful thanks !really helpful thanks !unsuccessfully clichehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490287105704836075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-21234948499456599092015-02-22T05:39:57.587-08:002015-02-22T05:39:57.587-08:00In that last stanza I see her going into her corne...In that last stanza I see her going into her corner upstairs bedroom and looking out over the world passing on Main Street below.<br />It evokes how she also felt she needed to defend herself against the outer world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com