Emily Dickinson Doesn T Believe In God

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In the early 1800’s Emily Dickinson was born. She became a poet with good education. Dickinson had a few influences too. Emily Dickinson was the most innovative poet of her era. Dickinson’s significance on history was that in her time period there weren’t a lot of poets, and her poems stood out to the so called poets of her time. Also Emily Dickinson didn’t believe in God. Dickinson had a brother and a sister. Emily Dickinson was born on the 10th of December 1830. She was born in the town of Amherst Massachusetts. She had very deep New England roots from her family. Emily was closer to her father than she was to her mother; she was also close with her brother, William Austin, and her sister, Lavinia Norcross. Emily was an excellent student.

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