Compiled By Mark
Goins, Gretchen Heidel,
Scott Lucke and Joel
Spencer
Scott Lucke and Joel Spencer
Selection Criteria:
To be included in our anthology a poem must clearly represent one of the four main themes of Dickinson's poetry: Death, Nature, Love and Religion/God. The expression of the theme must also be clear, although the meaning of the poem may not necessarily be. It also must be representative of her work in general and of the particular theme specifically. The poem must transcend time and be as relevant today as it was when she wrote it. An effective use of structure and creative use of symbolism are also factors in choosing the anthologized poems.Selected Poems:
On Death
#241: I like a look of Agony,#315: He fumbles at your Soul
#372: I know lives, I could miss
#712: Because I could not stop for Death -
#882: A Shade upon the mind there passes
On Nature
#314: Nature - sometimes sears a Sapling -#354: From Cocoon forth a Butterfly
#386: Answer July -
#668: "Nature" is what we see -
#750: Growth of Man - like Growth of Nature -
On Love
#453:Love - though art high -#549: That I did always love
#568: We learned the Whole of Love -
#809: Unable are the Loved to die
#1290: The most pathetic thing I do
On Religion
#377: To lose one's faith - surpass#836: Truth - is as old as God -
#1163: God made no act without a cause,
#1719: God is indeed a jealous God -
#1751: There comes an hour when begging stops