emily dickinson i heard a fly
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in 1830. She was thought of as one of America’s greatest poets though none of her poems were published during the time when she was living. When her works began to be looked at and some people tried to analyze them, people gave her work harsh criticism. Her work had many ideas that most people have to deal with everyday. Her views and her devotion to her work made her one of America’s greatest poets. Emily Dickinson lived with her mother and father in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her father was a lawyer, who was active in their community and served as an active treasurer in Amherst College. He also was involved in the local politics. Her mother wasn’t in the best of health and was considered to be a dark side to Ms. Dickinson. Her withdrawal from society gave her an unexpected reputation. She refused to leave her home, and her always wearing white garments gave her a reputation for eccentricity among all of her neighbors. She became even more separated from the world when her father died in 1874(Higginson 1-2). Emily Dickinson was a poet that kept to herself and put down on paper what she was thinking about. Her writings could be considered Gothic. “Gothic writing is a late 18th
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Approximate Word count = 1196
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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