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Emily Dickinson appears to have written her first poems in the winter of 1862. In a letter to one of the present Editors the April following, she says, "I made no verse, but one or two, until this winter." EMILY DICKINSON APPEARS TO HAVE WRITTEN HER FIRST POEMS IN THE WINTER OF EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO IN A LETTER TO ONE OF THE PRESENT EDITORS THE APRIL FOLLOWING SHE SAYS I MADE NO VERSE BUT ONE OR TWO UNTIL THIS WINTER
ing housemate. Most of the poems had been carefully copied on sheets of note-paper, and tied in little fascicules, each of six or eight sheets. While many of them bear evidence of having been thrown off at white heat, still more had received thoughtful revision. There is the frequent addition of rather perplexing foot-notes, affording large choice of words and phrases. And in the copies which she sent to friends, sometimes one form, sometimes another, is found to have been used. Without important exception, her friends have generously placed at the disposal of the Editors any poems they had received from her; and these have given the obvious advantage of comparison among several renderings of the same verse. To what further rigorous pruning her verses would have been subjected had she published them herself, we cannot know. They should be regarded in many cases as merely the first strong and suggestive sketches of an artist, intended to be embodied at some time in the finished picture. STER AND ONLY SURVIVING HOUSEMATE MOST OF THE POEMS HAD BEEN CAREFULLY COPIED ON SHEETS OF NOTE PAPER AND TIED IN LITTLE FASCICULES EACH OF SIX OR EIGHT SHEETS WHILE MANY OF THEM BEAR EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN THROWN OFF AT WHITE HEAT STILL MORE HAD RECEIVED THOUGHTFUL REVISION THERE IS THE FREQUENT ADDITION OF RATHER PERPLEXING FOOTNOTES AFFORDING LARGE CHOICE OF WORDS AND PHRASES AND IN THE COPIES WHICH SHE SENT TO FRIENDS SOMETIMES ONE FORM SOMETIMES ANOTHER IS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN USED WITHOUT IMPORTANT EXCEPTION HER FRIENDS HAVE GENEROUSLY PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE EDITORS ANY POEMS THEY HAD RECEIVED FROM HER AND THESE HAVE GIVEN THE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE OF COMPARISON AMONG SEVERAL RENDERINGS OF THE SAME VERSE TO WHAT FURTHER RIGOROUS PRUNING HER VERSES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED HAD SHE PUBLISHED THEM HERSELF WE CANNOT KNOW THEY SHOULD BE REGARDED IN MANY CASES AS MERELY THE FIRST STRONG AND SUGGESTIVE SKETCHES OF AN ARTIST INTENDED TO BE EMBODIED AT SOME TIME IN THE FINISHED PICTURE
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