Influences In Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Emily Dickinson is a poet who expressed her own thoughts and tragedies through poetry. Dickinson was born in 1830 and grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended Amherst Academy for seven years and then went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley for one year; eventually she returned to Amherst College (“Home”). She lived an uneventful life and centered herself around art as inspiration. The poetry of Emily Dickinson, which was influenced by her personal background and by the romanticism movement and civil war has contributed to literary heritage. Emily Dickinson was greatly influenced by Reverend Charles Wadsworth. Wadsworth’s departure left “ a flow of verses from her mind”(“Home”). Wadsworth and Dickinson met on a trip in Philadelphia and …show more content…
Romanticism “was an artistic and intellectual movement”(“Romanticism”). It expresses the individual and society along with strong emotions. Dickinson wrote about nature and romantics which falls under romanticism.The Romanticism movement influenced her by helping her explore the hidden part of her mind. Dickinson reflects the Romanticism movement through her poetry. She wrote about “ pain, grief, joy, love, nature, and art” (“Emily Dickinson: The Later Years”). Her thoughts came from the hidden part of her mind and express that she is apart of the Romanticism movement (Vanspanckeren). Dickinson reflects this movement by the overflow of emotions in her writing.Through her poetry, she reflects the Romanticism movement. The Theme of “ Success is Counted Sweetest” by Emily Dickinson is that you must lose to understand how sweet success is. “ Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed”(lines 1 and 2), represents the theme of this poem ("Success Is Counted Sweetest”).The soldier in the poem has lost over and over again. He was dieing on the battlefield when he finally realized that he has succeeded. Victory is won by those who usually