EMILY+DICKINSON+AND+TAYLOR+SWIFT..TWO+OF+A+KIND

Two of a Kind

On, the surface, Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson do not seem to have much in common, but after digging a little deeper there are quite a few similarities. Emily Dickinson lived in her house for most her life; the public did not know much about her life, but what they came to know about her life they learned through her poems. The same can be said for Taylor Swift although she has been on the main stage for a couple of years, what the public has mostly learned about her have came through her lyrics. They are both very personable writers choosing to hint at or use events from their lives in their songs. A major theme that both of these women share in their lyrics is love, choosing to talk about their love lives through their work. Here are a couple similar examples of how they both express love in their lives through their work.



**If you were coming in the fall **

If you were coming in the fall, I ’d brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn, As housewives do a fly.

If I could see you in a year, I ’d wind the months in balls, And put them each in separate drawers, Until their time befalls.

If only centuries delayed, I ’d count them on my hand, Subtracting till my fingers dropped Into Van Diemen’s land.

If certain, when this life was out, That yours and mine should be, <span style="color: midnightblue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; tabstops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">I ’d toss it yonder like a rind, <span style="color: midnightblue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; tabstops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">And taste eternity.

<span style="color: midnightblue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; tabstops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">But now, all ignorant of the length <span style="color: midnightblue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; tabstops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">Of time’s uncertain wing, <span style="color: midnightblue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; tabstops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">It goads me, like the goblin bee, <span style="color: midnightblue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; tabstops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">That will not state its sting.

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