Emily Dickinson was a highly acclaimed poet in the 1800’s. Of all the 19th century American Poets she was considered the most original. Emily was born in 1830 and after her death in 1886 her family put together a collection of over 400 poems. Below are a few lines from her poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death.
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
I believe in having passion about anything I write which helps me express what I am trying to say. To have so many good ideas that stay in the structure and keep a strong focus on what I am trying to write about is very important. The writing of poems to me is like freedom of expression. The use of so many different words in a way that comes together to get the meaning across.
I try to make a list of ideas that pertain to my subject at hand but some of them don’t make it in my writing. I am trying to improve on my writing by staying focused more and being less distracted. Proper grammar and sentence structure is great but even with this the reader can get lost if the writer doesn’t keep a good story line and stick to the subject at hand. I want to give my audience all I can in my writing so they will want to read more but also enjoy what they are reading. Wanting to accomplish this I find myself writing and rewriting more which includes quite a few rough drafts. When I revise and edit my writing it takes me a while because I want to make sure I have stayed on track and my punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure are like they should be. Writing should be fun but what makes it better to me is that the reader can enjoy it more than I do writing it.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
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