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And while, as one critic has said, she may exhibit toward God "an Emersonian self possession," it was because she looked upon all life with a candor as unprejudiced as it is rare. AND WHILE AS ONE CRITIC HAS SAID SHE MAY EXHIBIT TOWARDS GOD AN EMERSONIAN SELF POSSESSION IT WAS BECAUSE SHE LOOKED UPON ALL LIFE WITH A CANDOUR AS UNPREJUDICED AS IT IS RARE
is part of herself, and not lightly to be touched; for it seems in many cases that she intentionally avoided the smoother and more usual rhymes. Like impressionist pictures, or Wagner's rugged music, the very absence of conventional form challenges attention. In Emily Dickinson's exacting hands, the especial, intrinsic fitness of a particular order of words might not be sacrificed to anything virtually extrinsic; and her verses all show a strange cadence of inner rhythmical music. Lines are always daringly constructed, and the "thought-rhyme" appears frequently,--appealing, indeed, to an unrecognized sense more elusive than hearing. Emily Dickinson scrutinized everything with clear-eyed frankness. Every subject was proper ground for legitimate study, even the sombre facts of death and burial, and the unknown life beyond. She touches these themes sometimes lightly, sometimes almost humorously, more often with weird and peculiar power; but she is never by any chance frivolous or trivial. OUGHNESS OF HER RENDERING IS PART OF HERSELF AND NOT LIGHTLY TO BE TOUCHED FOR IT SEEMS IN MANY CASES THAT SHE INTENTIONALLY AVOIDED THE SMOOTHER AND MORE USUAL RHYMES LIKE IMPRESSIONIST PICTURES OR WAGNER'S RUGGED MUSIC THE VERY ABSENCE OF CONVENTIONAL FORM CHALLENGES ATTENTION IN EMILY DICKINSON'S EXACTING HANDS THE ESPECIAL INTRINSIC FITNESS OF A PARTICULAR ORDER OF WORDS MIGHT NOT BE SACRIFICED TO ANYTHING VIRTUALLY EXTRINSIC AND HER VERSES ALL SHOW A STRANGE CADENCE OF INNER RHYTHMICAL MUSIC LINES ARE ALWAYS DARINGLY CONSTRUCTED AND THE THOUGHT RHYME APPEARS FREQUENTLY APPEALING INDEED TO AN UNRECOGNIZED SENSE MORE ELUSIVE THAN HEARING EMILY DICKINSON SCRUTINIZED EVERYTHING WITH CLEAR EYED FRANKNESS EVERY SUBJECT WAS PROPER GROUND FOR LEGITIMATE STUDY EVEN THE SOMBRE FACTS OF DEATH AND BURIAL AND THE UNKNOWN LIFE BEYOND SHE TOUCHES THESE THEMES SOMETIMES LIGHTLY SOMETIMES ALMOST HUMOROUSLY MORE OFTEN WITH WEIRD AND PECULIAR POWER BUT SHE IS NEVER BY ANY CHANCE FRIVOLOUS OR TRIVIAL
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