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The variation of readings, with the fact that she often wrote in pencil and not always clearly, have at times thrown a good deal of responsibility upon her Editors. But all interference not absolutely inevitable has been avoided. The very roughness 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. THE VARIATION OF READINGS WITH THE FACT THAT SHE OFTEN WROTE IN PENCIL AND NOT ALWAYS CLEARLY HAVE AT TIMES THROWN A GOOD DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY UPON HER EDITORS BUT ALL INTERFERENCE NOT ABSOLUTELY INEVITABLE HAS BEEN AVOIDED THE VERY ROUGHNESS 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
t one or two, until this winter." The handwriting was at first somewhat like the delicate, running Italian hand of our elder gentlewomen; but as she advanced in breadth of thought, it grew bolder and more abrupt, until in her latest years each letter stood distinct and separate from its fellows. In most of her poems, particularly the later ones, everything by way of punctuation was discarded, except numerous dashes; and all important words began with capitals. The effect of a page of her more recent manuscript is exceedingly quaint and strong. The fac-simile given in the present volume is from one of the earlier transition periods. Although there is nowhere a date, the handwriting makes it possible to arrange the poems with general chronologic accuracy. As a rule, the verses were without titles; but "A Country Burial," "A Thunder-Storm," "The Humming-Bird," and a few others were named by their author, frequently at the end,--sometimes only in the accompanying note, if sent to a friend. LOWING SHE SAYS I MADE NO VERSE BUT ONE OR TWO UNTIL THIS WINTER THE HANDWRITING WAS AT FIRST SOMEWHAT LIKE THE DELICATE RUNNING ITALIAN HAND OF OUR ELDER GENTLEWOMEN BUT AS SHE ADVANCED IN BREADTH OF THOUGHT IT GREW BOLDER AND MORE ABRUPT UNTIL IN HER LATEST YEARS EACH LETTER STOOD DISTINCT AND SEPARATE FROM ITS FELLOWS IN MOST OF HER POEMS PARTICULARLY THE LATER ONES EVERYTHING BY WAY OF PUNCTUATION WAS DISCARDED EXCEPT NUMEROUS DASHES AND ALL IMPORTANT WORDS BEGAN WITH CAPITALS THE EFFECT OF A PAGE OF HER MORE RECENT MANUSCRIPT IS EXCEEDINGLY QUAINT AND STRONG THE FAC SIMILE GIVEN IN THE PRESENT VOLUME IS FROM ONE OF THE EARLIER TRANSITION PERIODS ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOWHERE A DATE THE HANDWRITING MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE THE POEMS WITH GENERAL CHRONOLOGIC ACCURACY AS A RULE THE VERSES WERE WITHOUT TITLES BUT A COUNTRY BURIAL A THUNDERSTORM THE HUMMING BIRD AND A FEW OTHERS WERE NAMED BY THEIR AUTHOR FREQUENTLY AT THE END SOMETIMES ONLY IN THE ACCOMPANYING NOTE IF SENT TO A FRIEND
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