Emily Dickinson's Writing In The First Person

Emily Dickinson’s writing showed a whole new type of writing in the first person. The speakers could see what was going one through their eyes but what was also going on in their mind. Her writing didn’t have limits, you wouldn’t feel trapped in a story but you would feel like you were in a place where the possibilities are endless and anything could happen. She would express the possibilities but not what was realized.
Emily Dickinson’s life consisted of many historical events, including Abraham Lincoln being elected as president, and the US Civil War began and ended. Also slavery was abolished as a result of Lincoln being president and the telephone was invented. The time of the Civil War was around the same time Emily Dickinson