"I Read My Sentence Steadily" by Emily Dickinson

Topics mentioned in this episode include:-The antitheses of Emily Dickinson-White = Infinity in 19th century American Lit.-Fascicles!-The Modernist, Feminist, and Queer claims on Emily-Magnificent and trending writer Virginia Woolf-A secular Memento Mori-Ballad Stanzas and Common Meter-The Amazing Grace phenomenon-Why Ballad Stanzas sound so ballad-y-Slant rhyme revisited-Matthew's podcast Sleerickets! -Why Big Pun and Robert Pinsky use slant rhyme differently.-Slant rhyme modulation!-How to stack ambiguities like a pro (it involves big puns)-Original sin and the birth of Death-Did you just gender my soul???-God as Plural: Jewish and Christian takes-The morbidity of Keats and Dickinson, compared-The Aghori -One more pun as a nightcap before eternal sleepText of poem:I read my sentence steadily,Reviewed it with my eyes,To see that I made no mistakeIn its extremest clause, --The date, and manner of the shame;And then the pious formThat "God have mercy" on the soulThe jury voted him.I made my soul familiarWith her extremity,That at the last it should not beA novel agony,But she and Death, acquainted,Meet tranquilly as friends,Salute and pass without a hint --And there the matter ends.  Support the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)