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418 "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson The History of Literature
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Because Jacke could not stop for the scheduled episode topics, a certain poem kindly stopped for him. Luckily it's one of the greatest poems of all time! It's by the 19th-century American genius Emily Dickinson, and it packs into seven short stanzas a journey through life, death, and the cosmos.
Read a copy of the poem here:
Because I could not stop for Death - (479)
Additional listening suggestions:
120 Astonishing Emily Dickinson
Shakespeare's Greatest Sonnets | Sonnet 29 ("When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes")
379 Gwendolyn Brooks
Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature.
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Because Jacke could not stop for the scheduled episode topics, a certain poem kindly stopped for him. Luckily it's one of the greatest poems of all time! It's by the 19th-century American genius Emily Dickinson, and it packs into seven short stanzas a journey through life, death, and the cosmos.
Read a copy of the poem here:
Because I could not stop for Death - (479)
Additional listening suggestions:
120 Astonishing Emily Dickinson
Shakespeare's Greatest Sonnets | Sonnet 29 ("When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes")
379 Gwendolyn Brooks
Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
57 min