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Poem of the Day: ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’

The poem has the ballad meter that, by loosening and tightening, her genius could make express any mood, from joy to grief.

Daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson in 1847 or 1848, detail.
Daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson in 1847 or 1848, detail. Via Wikimedia Commons