"Because I could not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson (poetry reading)
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Uploaded by SpokenVerse on Nov 17, 2009
These are the original words of Emily Dickinson.
There are different versions which were "cleaned up" for publication by well-meaning editors and entitled "The Chariot" (Why? It's a carriage) Suspect anything with a missing stanza or which tells of children "wrestling in a ring"
I have no idea what it means or whether there's any literal sense in it at all. However it does convey what it must have been like to be Emily Dickinson.
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Death is taking her away from life and into eternity....
2 years ago 10
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Favourite poem of all time. I'm making a song out of it.
2 years ago 6
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You can sing this poem to the tune of Gilligan's Island.
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I love Emily Dickenson's poetry. I have read much of it & I just love her rhyme & rhythm & her beautiful soul. She had such a strange little life...but left behind so much.
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This sounds different than the one I read in school. Are there different versions, especially the last two lies?
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Thanks to Tom at spoken verse. I was beginning to think I'd never find the poem again. draught instead of draft..thanks again
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Very nice! Thank you.
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this is the most perfect poem i have read to date
6 months ago 3
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Rock and roll , Miss Dickinson - funny , sad , quaint , awesome .
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Does anyone know of one of her poems that begins "I drank one draft of life, and I'll tell you what I paid,precisely an existance, the market price they said"
iceland69able 4 months ago
@iceland69able Use Google or similar to find "I took one draught of life". All the best, Tom.
SpokenVerse 4 months ago