Talk:I'm Nobody! Who are you?

How does the poem go?
There has been a question about the correct text of the poem. Naturally, there isn't one answer. Below are the 2 texts that seem "definitive" to me:

The first is the first publication of the poem (which you can see here), and how it was known to the world for about a century. The second is from what I take to be the definitive modern reading edition, based on Dickinson's manuscripts (this ultimately derives from the 1955 Variorum Edition, which I haven't seen). In my view, both should be given in the article. After all, it's a very short poem, and the differences are instructive. Phil wink (talk) 12:27, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I see that of course Franklin is now the best authority for ED's texts... I was only a decade or two behind the times! I've put Franklin's text and the 1891 text into the article, which is now I think a little clearer. Phil wink (talk) 02:57, 24 March 2013 (UTC)