EmilyDickinson

Emily Dickinson was a poet, born on Dec.10th 1830. She lived in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended Amherst Acadamy from 1840-1847,also Mount Holyoke Female Seminary form 1847-1848. She lived in Amherst all of her life, and became recluse around 1862. she died on May 15th 1886. "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" "Heart, We Will Forget Him!" "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?" "Wild Nights!, Wild Nights!" N/A • Period and/or Style** Modern though her materials were conventional, her treatment of them was innovative, because she was willing to break whatever poetic conventions stood in the way of the intensity of her thought and images. Her conciseness, brevity, and wit are tightly packed.Dickinson's poetry is challenging because it is radical and original in its rejection of most traditional nineteenth-century themes and techniques**.• Favorite Themes**
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Out of the 2,000 poem writen by Emily in her life time, only 12 were published anonymously. Only a few close friend/relatives knew.
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