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Analysis and comments on A Wounded Deer -- leaps highest by Emily Dickinson

Comment 3 of 3, added on February 28th, 2006 at 1:12 PM.

I've never posted comments before but saying that this poem is nonsense is
sacrilegeous!
"A wounded deer leaps highest" what a great image to express the leap of a
great poet that had felt wounded by the world. (Dickinson to Higgins:
"Thanks for the surgery, I am circular / "This is a letter to the world
that never wrote to me", etc.). Much more could be said about it but just
as food for thought -- for those who take literature and poetry seriously
-- think about Lavinia (Titus Andronicus) and think about the proverbial
wounded deer withdrawing to die. Think about "deer" and "dear".

Cris Smith from Brazil
Comment 2 of 3, added on January 24th, 2006 at 4:32 AM.

Well, it may seem incoherent, but it still could pass for extremely early
(by about 130 years) hell metal! I can easily imagine someone like Exodus,
King Diamond or maybe even Demon Burger (Dimmu Borgir) grunting these
lyrics over a sludgy backdrop of evil, chugging dropped-D riffs ... then
switching to squealing Flying-V solos over a double-bass blast beat in the
choruses ... numsane?

Mike Detwiler from United States
Comment 1 of 3, added on January 4th, 2006 at 2:41 PM.

this poem makes no sense at all

brian swenson from United States



Information about A Wounded Deer -- leaps highest

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 165. A Wounded Deer -- leaps highest
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: 1955
Added: Jan 9 2004
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