t's Election Day! I hope and pray America gets this right today!
Due to today’s election, I looked up how often Dickinson used the word “election” in her poetry. The answer: four times. One of the four is included as one of my Featured Poems of the Week -- the very poems I posted back in 2016, HERE.
How about the word “president”? Interestingly, when you search the online Dickinson archive for “president,” one poem pops up, “All that I do.” However, that poem actually uses the word “preside,” not “president.”
Dickinson never uses the word “congress” in any of her poems, nor does she ever use the word “senate.” She does use “representative” in one poem, “A science – so the Savans say,” but it’s not used as an elected official.
The word “vote” appears in three poems: “I read my sentence steadily,” “My Reward for Being, was this,” and “What we see we know somewhat.”
She used the word “red” in 31 poems – and “blue” in 32!
Hmm…perhaps a good omen in this year’s close race? (And why it’s close is beyond me! How/why are so many people supporting a convicted felon who is an adjuicated rapist and a blatant liar, racist and misogynist?)
By the way, today is also National Donut Day – and just FYI: Dickinson never used the word “doughnut” (or “donut”) in her poetry. She did use the word “dough” once – in one version of “The Wind begun to knead the grass.” We’ll take a look at that poem tomorrow.
Due to today’s election, I looked up how often Dickinson used the word “election” in her poetry. The answer: four times. One of the four is included as one of my Featured Poems of the Week -- the very poems I posted back in 2016, HERE.
How about the word “president”? Interestingly, when you search the online Dickinson archive for “president,” one poem pops up, “All that I do.” However, that poem actually uses the word “preside,” not “president.”
Dickinson never uses the word “congress” in any of her poems, nor does she ever use the word “senate.” She does use “representative” in one poem, “A science – so the Savans say,” but it’s not used as an elected official.
The word “vote” appears in three poems: “I read my sentence steadily,” “My Reward for Being, was this,” and “What we see we know somewhat.”
She used the word “red” in 31 poems – and “blue” in 32!
Hmm…perhaps a good omen in this year’s close race? (And why it’s close is beyond me! How/why are so many people supporting a convicted felon who is an adjuicated rapist and a blatant liar, racist and misogynist?)
By the way, today is also National Donut Day – and just FYI: Dickinson never used the word “doughnut” (or “donut”) in her poetry. She did use the word “dough” once – in one version of “The Wind begun to knead the grass.” We’ll take a look at that poem tomorrow.
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