Her poem “Love and Friendship” offers a more ... or plunging into the earth and dying beside them. Let thine eyes whisper love’s conciling song. Sweet and to the point, “Let Thine Eyes ...

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Her eyes aren’t like the sun ... as a playful critique of the exaggerated sweet nothings often found in love poetry, but it sends a sharp message, one that is universal: love isn’t about ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.