Emily Dickinson was a talented, well-known writer, who is considered one the greatest American poets of all time. She took her internal pain and suffering and turned it into a collection of poems that gave it a new meaning. Giving her and others experiencing the same pain a healing strategy with poetic self-therapy. Emily Dickinson’s poetry was not published or commonly heard of during her lifetime. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that her work came to light and was shared all around the world making her one of the most famous poets of American Literature.
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She had two siblings, a brother named Austin and a sister named Lavinia. She lived in a privileged household and spent her days writing and doing chores around the house for her family. “Emily Dickinson was known during her youth for her humor, she emerged in the poetry of her …show more content…
Except for the ten poems and one short prose piece that her friends had published during her lifetime, this little book was Emily Dickinson’s first appearance in print” (Pollak). Little did the Roberts Brothers of Boston known that this publication would lead to an extraordinary change in American literature with the popularization of Emily Dickinson.
When observing the different aspects and characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s work, it was clear that she was very observant and wrote about what she felt and what interested her. She used vivid imagery to paint clear images from nature, religion, law, music, love, death, and even medicine to convey her thoughts and emotions throughout her writing. “Emily Dickinson’s poems are difficult and accessible, intellectually challenging and emotionally intense” (Pollak). Giving her poetry and writing such popularity and originality compared to many other writers of this time
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She had two siblings, a brother named Austin and a sister named Lavinia. She lived in a privileged household and spent her days writing and doing chores around the house for her family. “Emily Dickinson was known during her youth for her humor, she emerged in the poetry of her …show more content…
Except for the ten poems and one short prose piece that her friends had published during her lifetime, this little book was Emily Dickinson’s first appearance in print” (Pollak). Little did the Roberts Brothers of Boston known that this publication would lead to an extraordinary change in American literature with the popularization of Emily Dickinson.
When observing the different aspects and characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s work, it was clear that she was very observant and wrote about what she felt and what interested her. She used vivid imagery to paint clear images from nature, religion, law, music, love, death, and even medicine to convey her thoughts and emotions throughout her writing. “Emily Dickinson’s poems are difficult and accessible, intellectually challenging and emotionally intense” (Pollak). Giving her poetry and writing such popularity and originality compared to many other writers of this time