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19: The Enigma of Emily Dickinson (Part 2)

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Emily Dickinson's Dare You See a Soul at the White Heat

More than any of her poems, this one is describing the creative process at work. Dare you see a soul at the white heat, then crouch within the door," she writes. If it was epilepsy or any other illness that drove her into seclusion, we can see her like a Frida Kahlo figure, who was forged into greatness by the cauldron of fate. The message seems clear: Take your weakness and make it your strength.

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