tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post6855047735843296914..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Emily Dickinson, Poem 510, "It was not Death"Banjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-23718561917812840972010-01-08T21:52:46.156-05:002010-01-08T21:52:46.156-05:00AH, I do see the comparison to B/T. Interesting! S...AH, I do see the comparison to B/T. Interesting! Someone should write a dissertation on E.D. and the Mean Reds. The first Ph.D. dissertation to become a best seller?<br /><br />Or, the Mean Reds compared to a panic attack?<br /><br />Brenda, yeah -- for me, definitely a death component in the poem. "Dread" might be a useful word? But Hovering Giant dread.<br /><br />We seem to agree that E.D. is anything but obselete.<br /><br />Paula, hope everyone sees your points in Part Two in tomorrow's post. And maybe it's your compliment that's to blame for my long-windedness there. Glad you stuck with the poem--nice payoff for the rest of us.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-69350896427890800422010-01-08T13:09:37.121-05:002010-01-08T13:09:37.121-05:00Why yes Paula, it is. One day I'll write a pos...Why yes Paula, it is. One day I'll write a post on how hard I am on the books I love, leaving them in the rain, sloshing them with wine, and such. B @ T is one of those. But then, so it is with my Dickenson collection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-39342486153973409842010-01-08T05:20:36.906-05:002010-01-08T05:20:36.906-05:00I meant Dickinson. Charles Dickenson.I meant Dickinson. Charles Dickenson.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-223990675018435442010-01-07T20:47:48.681-05:002010-01-07T20:47:48.681-05:00Now I know why Dickens is so amazing. You're a...Now I know why Dickens is so amazing. You're a good wordsmith B52.<br /><br />AH, isn't that one of your favorite books?PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-55486731477960320402010-01-07T10:58:10.764-05:002010-01-07T10:58:10.764-05:00Karin, what a analogy!!!
What kind of anxiety? Wha...Karin, what a analogy!!!<br />What kind of anxiety? What is that 'anxious'?<br />I jokingly thought it sounded like Emily had the flu. Bad humour, I know.<br />I get Emily's felling confused with a sinking heart. But it isn't a sinking heart she is describing. It's more death like.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-17396271360247707652010-01-06T21:28:50.970-05:002010-01-06T21:28:50.970-05:00I didn't know what you meant until I read the ...I didn't know what you meant until I read the poem.<br /><br />She defined dread anxiety. At least, she defined mine.<br /><br />Holly Golightly: You know those days when you get the mean reds?<br />Paul Varjak: The mean reds. You mean like the blues?<br />Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat, and maybe it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid, and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?<br /><br />Breakfast at TiffanysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com