Emily Dickinson was a 19th century poet known for her extremely introverted personality and morbid attitude. She strayed away from the normalities of her time by not conforming to the expectancies placed upon women during her time and strayed away from the typical mid-1800’s literature by writing sorrowful and dark poetry which wasn’t widely accepted at that point. Emily Dickinson had a dark soul and expressed it despite the criticism she received from the critics and society of her time. Her themes later became popularized along with her work. She is now known as one of the most famous American poets of all time. Emily Dickinson was a poet in the mid 1800’s who strayed away from her prominent family’s socialite ways and became a shut in which
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Her writing was unlike any in her time or current. Her style wasn’t popularized until 50 years later (Emily Dickinson). Emily Dickinson’s use of intelligence in her poetry was not favored in her time (Emily Dickinson). Dickinson’s writing was composed of simplistic ways to describe her senses and remained realistic. However, she was not good at generalizing (Poems). Actually, in her writing, you can recognize the last stage of the Puritans progress from the 1600’s up until now (Poems). Aside from that, she continued to break the unwritten rules of society and pushed the limits so much in her writing that she was almost a “bad girl” on the 19th century and would have fit in well in the 1920’s. But despite her loss of faith, she still made it obvious that she longed to one day go to heaven (Poems). Her craving for heaven is one of the examples of Puritan influence within her writing along with her simplistic words and phrases. Dickinson was also very sensitive towards nature and considered her feelings to be her “inner weather” and was able to describe both remarkably (Poems). However, she was also confused by the emptiness she felt but wasn’t afraid to make that apparent in her writing. For the rest of her life she looked deep into her emotions and as her sadness went on her traditional faith fell apart (Poems). Due to all of these things, Dickinson received much criticism. Very few editors complimented her work but the ones who did then insulted her language for being unsentimental and not appealing to the contemporary taste of her time (Dickinson). Critics during her time criticised the structure of her poems as well for not being as nice or similar to other poets romantic poetry that was popular during the time period (Dickinson). But despite all of the criticism, hardships, and deep depression, Emily Dickinson left behind a legacy that she
Her writing was unlike any in her time or current. Her style wasn’t popularized until 50 years later (Emily Dickinson). Emily Dickinson’s use of intelligence in her poetry was not favored in her time (Emily Dickinson). Dickinson’s writing was composed of simplistic ways to describe her senses and remained realistic. However, she was not good at generalizing (Poems). Actually, in her writing, you can recognize the last stage of the Puritans progress from the 1600’s up until now (Poems). Aside from that, she continued to break the unwritten rules of society and pushed the limits so much in her writing that she was almost a “bad girl” on the 19th century and would have fit in well in the 1920’s. But despite her loss of faith, she still made it obvious that she longed to one day go to heaven (Poems). Her craving for heaven is one of the examples of Puritan influence within her writing along with her simplistic words and phrases. Dickinson was also very sensitive towards nature and considered her feelings to be her “inner weather” and was able to describe both remarkably (Poems). However, she was also confused by the emptiness she felt but wasn’t afraid to make that apparent in her writing. For the rest of her life she looked deep into her emotions and as her sadness went on her traditional faith fell apart (Poems). Due to all of these things, Dickinson received much criticism. Very few editors complimented her work but the ones who did then insulted her language for being unsentimental and not appealing to the contemporary taste of her time (Dickinson). Critics during her time criticised the structure of her poems as well for not being as nice or similar to other poets romantic poetry that was popular during the time period (Dickinson). But despite all of the criticism, hardships, and deep depression, Emily Dickinson left behind a legacy that she