The thread on Emily Dickinson
I'm enjoying this thread and wish there were more illumination thrown in from those who know her work best.
However, this line gives me pause:
"Statistically, her capitalizations are randomly distributed. Take, for example, the word "night." She uses it 150 times and capitalizes it 60. Which means that she capitalized at whim."--
Especially, the conclusion drawn: "Which means that she capitalized at whim." Even if it were true, it would still be a 'false' conclusion: a conjencture.
That she did not always capitalized does not 'mean' that she did so 'at whim.'
Come on, Tim! Numbers prove no such thing. I say this confidently because the same could be said of my poems, while I always have a reason when I do capitalize a common noun--not that I always wish to divulge it.
I'm beginning to think this is more like a truncated game for which rules and a board have not yet been procured.
Last edited by mignon ledgard; 05-27-2021 at 11:59 AM.
Reason: a typo pulled me in.
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