[PW] poem identification, possibly Emily Dickinson

[Kevin O'Kelly]

well, yes, I realize that I'm committing the biographical fallacy, but I somehow feel justified in doing it with Dickinson.

--- On Mon, 8/18/08, S M Colowick <januarye at gmail.com> wrote:
From: S M Colowick <januarye at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PW] poem identification, possibly Emily Dickinson
To: list at project-wombat.org, rkokelly at yahoo.com
Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 11:52 AM

Two possible explanations for the apparent incongruity:

(1) She had a vivid imagination (helps if you're a poet).

(2) The house and door are metaphorical stand-ins for something else
in her life.

smc (who never could get the hang of interpreting poetry)

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Kevin O'Kelly <rkokelly at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> My friend insists that it is Dickinson, but it seems an odd subject for a
woman who lived most of her life (although not all)  in the same house, > and
if my knowledge is correct, didn't venture out much.