Significant Events In Emily Dickinson's Life

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Emily Dickinson was an American poet in her time. She was well known for her many works and she was most likely one of the most famous females of her time. Taking a look into her work, a person will see how passionate she was with it. Students and teachers all over the world still use her works today as a method of education in the literature department. Many people still read her works for a good time.
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. (Emily Dickinson, 2015.) Oddly enough, on the contrary of regular births, Emily’s was not of the normal. Not in the sense of her birth was complicated, but, more special if anything. Emily was actually born in her own family home according to (Benét, L, 1964.) Her place of birth makes her the true definition of a small town American, making her a part of the “American Dream” as some people like to call it. According to (Biography of Emily Dickinson, 2009,) the Dickinson family was well known in Massachusetts, the one thing that really represented their success in life. Emily’s small home town comes with a backstory, as most do. There’s a story to just about any town you come across. Yet, according to (Emily Dickinson Biography, 2017,) the small village that Emily lived in was quiet. Nobody did or said much of anything that had an outspoken story
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Her father would never approve of her not going to school. According to (Emily Dickinson/Biography.com, 2017), Emily was educated at Amherst Academy (now known as Amherst College) for seven years and according to (Emily Dickinson, 2015), She also attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, but was only there for a year. However, according to (Emily Dickinson/Biography.com, 2017), Emily never did really give anyone a real reason for why she left school. But, she left and never returned. Most say it was to pursue her dream of writing

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