Amherst

used techniques, and gives insight into how she may have viewed her own writing. Born in 1830 in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, to the son of one of the community’s leading educators, Dickinson “lived a life as simple, compact, and powerful as any of her poems” (Longworth ii) and grew to become one of the most respected poets in American literature. Her upbringing in Calvinistic Amherst, Massachusetts influenced her prolific body of poetry, as did some traumatic events and special…

imagery and symbolism to convey her representation of death. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on the tenth of December in 1830, and lived there her entire life. Her father served as the legislator in Amherst and her grandfather was the Amherst Academy, now the Amherst College, founder (“Because”). Dickinson had two siblings: Lavinia Norcross and William Austin. Dickinson studied at the Amherst Academy, but dropped out as a teenager. It is said that she rarely went to school…

Growing up in the 1800’s Emily Dickinson lived in her hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts her whole life. She was educated at Amherst Academy, which is now known as Amherst College, for six years. She soon enrolled in the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary where she studied for a year. She would then drop out because she thought of herself as one of the “lingering bad ones” (Dickinson, 1190). Emily Dickinson never married; she stayed locked away in her homestead with her sister who also never wedded…

a vulnerability assessment of Smith College was developed. The assessment was developed by looking at literature on expected climate change in the region, and by talking to stakeholders both on campus as well as at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the city of Northampton. This information was then broken down by season and a map was created to illustrate areas of possible concern on Smith College’s campus based on the seasons. These…

Robert Frost Robert Frost, most famous for such works as “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” inspired the world with his poetry. Because most of the time he was coping with the death of a loved one, a large majority of his poems contemplate the purpose of life and what comes after death, simultaneously reflecting his constant feelings of isolation and grief. Born on March 26, 1874, to William Prescott Frost Jr. and Isabelle Modie Frost,…

need. Since there are now more than 10 times as many people age 65 and alder as there used to be in 1900, society needs to do our best to provide for the elderly population (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 719). I live in a little village called Amherst, Wisconsin which has a population of around 1,332 residents and not much in regards to supporting our elderly population. In my village there is no supported living centers, nursing homes or even day centers. When I moved to the area I found it…

Robert Frost is arguably the most renowned American poet of all time. He used a simple conversational language to portray powerful messages. However, like many artitsts and writers, his success was not immediate. He faced many hardships and excessive grief along the way, including the untimely deaths of many family members, significant financial struggles and his continuing battle with depression. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, to William and Jeanie Frost. He spent the first 11 years…

Great Writers Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe are two of the biggest poets from the 1800s. They are both great writers whose lives contributed to their styles of writing and who wrote about death. They both write about experiences of death and how it affect the living. Edgar Allan Poe lost his parents at the age of three. His later life was spent struggling with alcoholism and depression due to loneliness (May,Edgar Allan Poe).Poe’s writings often reflected a common theme of death because…

On November 17, 1973, at noon, Susan Miriam Spaet, the youngest of the three girls, was born at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Scarsdale, New York. Susan was born by c-section and didn’t meet her mother, Mona Spaet, until a few hours later when the nurses asked the tired woman, “Is there anything we can do for you?” Then her mother could hold her little five pound, ten ounce, ninteen inch long girl. Her father, Theodore Spaet, was a hematologist and research scientist. In the fourth grade she…

Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. She was the Middle child of her brother Edward or Austin and her sister Lavinia. Her father was a prominent lawyer who was active in civic affairs. Her country was New England. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on Dec. 10, 1830.She was exclusive, and much about her is unknown. She never married, and after turning thirty, Seldom saw anyone other than her immediate family. She spent almost all her life in her place. Emily has 1 brother and…