Emily Dickinson was an American poet known to be on the forefront of the unique poetic voice that is so widely known today. Although Dickinson was considered one of the founders of the American poetic voice there is little information on her and her life. The reasoning behind there being so little information on Dickinson is because she spent most of her life as a recluse. There was only a meager amount of people who knew were Dickinson was and who got to interact and communicate with her. Considering the fact that Dickinson did not see a great deal of people it is safe to say that from the people she did regard she drew a mass of inspiration, ideas and influence. Dickinson did not lead an extravagant lifestyle and that is simple to see.
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Franklin4). The longest of the poems is no less than two printed pages. (english.illinois.edu) Dickinson’s early poems were those that berated science for it’s inquisitive curiosity. Dickinson believed that “its study took the life out of living things”(poetryfoundation.org). Dickinson’s poem also showed the things that she delighted in. While at Mount Holyoke Dickinson studied botany and it clear to see that she delighted in the study because of her poem “Arcturus’ is his other name”. After the earlier years Dickinson still continued to write about the things that delighted her but she also started writing about was intriguing at the time. (english.illinois.edu) Although Dickinson wrote many poems she did not start bind her poems into handmade volumes called fascicles until she was 27. This puts the start of Dickinson's fascicle making at about 1857.(R.W. Franklin1) While alive Dickinson was not publicly recognized for her works. Nonetheless at least ten of Dickinson's poems seemed to have gotten into the around anonymously, mostly in newspapers. The poems were said to be supplied by admiring friends but were never seen by the poet herself. (R.W. Franklin5) All of the poems written by Emily Dickinson are now in twenty-five hundred textual sources. A staggering three fourths of Dickinson's poems are in one source. (R.W. Franklin4) Dickinson liked to send letters during her lifetime even in her solitude. All of the poems that Dickinson sent had bits and pieces of poems in them or they held entire poems. The most letters that Dickinson sent to anyone whilst alive was to her sister-in-law Susan Dickinson. Susan received about 250 poems from Emily. Although Dickinson's letter sending remained constant her writing did not. Throughout her career Dickinson’s writing productivity was unstable. Initially Dickinson would write poems whenever,
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Franklin4). The longest of the poems is no less than two printed pages. (english.illinois.edu) Dickinson’s early poems were those that berated science for it’s inquisitive curiosity. Dickinson believed that “its study took the life out of living things”(poetryfoundation.org). Dickinson’s poem also showed the things that she delighted in. While at Mount Holyoke Dickinson studied botany and it clear to see that she delighted in the study because of her poem “Arcturus’ is his other name”. After the earlier years Dickinson still continued to write about the things that delighted her but she also started writing about was intriguing at the time. (english.illinois.edu) Although Dickinson wrote many poems she did not start bind her poems into handmade volumes called fascicles until she was 27. This puts the start of Dickinson's fascicle making at about 1857.(R.W. Franklin1) While alive Dickinson was not publicly recognized for her works. Nonetheless at least ten of Dickinson's poems seemed to have gotten into the around anonymously, mostly in newspapers. The poems were said to be supplied by admiring friends but were never seen by the poet herself. (R.W. Franklin5) All of the poems written by Emily Dickinson are now in twenty-five hundred textual sources. A staggering three fourths of Dickinson's poems are in one source. (R.W. Franklin4) Dickinson liked to send letters during her lifetime even in her solitude. All of the poems that Dickinson sent had bits and pieces of poems in them or they held entire poems. The most letters that Dickinson sent to anyone whilst alive was to her sister-in-law Susan Dickinson. Susan received about 250 poems from Emily. Although Dickinson's letter sending remained constant her writing did not. Throughout her career Dickinson’s writing productivity was unstable. Initially Dickinson would write poems whenever,