How did Emily Dickinson develop her unique poetic style?
My method is one of intense inwardness and meticulous observation. I allow impressions to strike and forge connections, not through logical progression but through a kind of startled recognition. The dash – a punctuation of breath, of pause, of abrupt transition – serves to fracture syntax and invite the reader into the very act of apprehension, the sudden leap of thought.
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