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“There is no frigate like a book” by Emily Dickinson (1894)
Though this particular Dickinson poem appeared in publication in 1894, Dickinson originally wrote it in a letter in 1873. Just as visions and dreams are deemed essential components of production and industry in “To make a prairie,” “There is no frigate like a book” expounds on the ability of literature to transport its readers to new worlds through the imagination.
“Come Slowly - Eden” by Emily Dickinson (1891)
Dickinson’s poem first appeared in 1890 in Poems and also in 1891 in the Independent (from a copy Dickinson sent to her sister-in-law and friend, Susan Gilbert). The imagery of the flower (clover) and the bee found in “To make a prairie” repeats in “Come Slowly - Eden,” though in a much more provocative manner. Instead of referring to industry and self-reliance, the bee and flower in this particular Dickinson poem represent the union of two lovers.
“Fame is a bee” by Emily Dickinson (1999)
Dickinson wrote “Fame is a bee” in 1788. Continuing with the bee imagery utilized in her other poems, Dickinson uses the bee as a metaphor for fame and its various effects—some negative, some pleasant, some fleeting, and some painful.
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A Bird, came down the Walk
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A Clock stopped—
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A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096)
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death
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"Faith" is a fine invention
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Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
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Hope is a strange invention
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"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers
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I Can Wade Grief
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I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind
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I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
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If I should die
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If you were coming in the fall
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I heard a Fly buzz — when I died
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I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
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Much Madness is divinest Sense—
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Success Is Counted Sweetest
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Tell all the truth but tell it slant
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The Only News I Know
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