The Emily Dickinson thing is overblown. Only two of her poems actually fit to "Yellow Rose", and they don't even remotely fit if you go by her original punctuation (you know, the stuff her editors took out).
The problem is that the two poems are the only two poems most people know.
Okay, looking through some of her other work, I can see how, if you squint, you can squeeze some of the other works into that meter, if you totally ignore her manuscript punctuation. But it's not as pervasive as people say.
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," however, can be sung to the Gilligan's Island theme song.
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Date: 2007-03-02 01:40 am (UTC)The problem is that the two poems are the only two poems most people know.
Okay, looking through some of her other work, I can see how, if you squint, you can squeeze some of the other works into that meter, if you totally ignore her manuscript punctuation. But it's not as pervasive as people say.
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," however, can be sung to the Gilligan's Island theme song.