for her to write," she [Aife Murray] says [of Emily Dickinson]. "Her writing really jumps in a huge way when a permanent maid is in the kitchen. She goes from writing no poems to writing almost a poem a week. In terms of language changes, what really surprised me was how she really enfolded some of that language of her writing."She points to the poem, 'It was not death, for I stood up', as an example.
It was not Death, for I stood up,
And all the Dead, lie down-
It was not Night, for all the Bells
Put out their Tongues, for Noon.
It was not Frost, for on my Flesh
I felt Siroccos- crawl- . . .
from Voice of America: Servants Enhanced Work of Renowned American Poet
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