Throughout the history of literature, it has often been said that the poet is the poetry; that a poet's life and experiences greatly influence the style and the content of their writing, some more than others. Emily Dickinson is one of the most renowned poets of her time, recognized for the amount of genuine, emotional insight into life, death, and love she was able to show through her poetry. Many believe her lifestyle and solitude brought her to that point in her writing. During Emily Dickinson's life, she suffered many experiences that eventually sent her into seclusion, and those events, along with being reclusive, had a great impact on her poetry.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's family was very prominent in the small town of Amherst, but Emily never enjoyed the popularity her family received and began to withdraw early from public life. Her solitude began long before it was obvious and went much deeper than many noticed at the time. The relationships that existed between Emily and her family were distant and remote, especially the bonds with her parents. Emily's mother was never "emotionally accessible," therefore Emily was left without a mother figure in

Emily wrote with an effort to make the world less strange by showing it through her own vision, but eventually became aware of the prison she was creating for herself. As a result, a longing for escape can be found in quite a few of her poems. Dickinson's poetry reflects the direct feelings of her own profound heart and a rare, subtle knowledge of the essence of the human spirit (Zabel 256-62). Emily Dickinson's contribution to the world of literature is one of the greatest in American history. She is effective in that she does not attempt to tell readers what to think through her poetry, but merely what to look at about the world (Tate, Reactionary 15). Her experience with love, rejection, and ultimately solitude, brought the kind of insight and emotion to her writing that many feel are characteristic to society today. From her own life experiences, Emily Dickinson gained a "brilliant understanding of the heart and its suffering"(Zabel 261). Her poetry will remain univ!

ersal for as long as the human heart endures

Emily Dickinson "never had a fulfilling love affair" (Miller 34). There are many rumors and much speculation regarding Emily's love life, but no one will dispute the fact she had terrible luck with love and that this heartache ultimately affected her poetry. She was involved with a number of men, but never one with whom she could form a lasting relationship. Early in her love life, two significant men, Ben Newton and Samuel Bowles, influenced her poetry. Ben Newton was a young law student, who many claim was one of the first to encourage Emily to become a poet. She met Newton in Philadelphia while on a business trip with her father, and fell in love. After discovering he was a married man, Emily fled back to Amherst to continue life alone in her father's house. Her increase in turning from the world began to become more apparent as time went on. Newton died in 1853; it was around this time Emily decided to begin her career in writing. Samuel Bowles effect on Emily and!

ew England town of Amherst, seeing what could be seen from her bedroom window. She preferred to stay close to home, spending her time reading, working in her garden, doing chores, but most of all, writing poetry-her only ture fo

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