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Essay Archive - The Life of Emily Dickinson
The Life of Emily Dickinson
Although she lived a seemingly secluded life, Emily Dickinson's many
encounters with death influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one of
the most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history, Dickinson has
become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incredible
poems and letters. Numbering over 1,700, her poems highlight the many moments
in a 19th century New Englander woman's life, including the deaths of some of
her most beloved friends and family, most of which occurred in a short period of
time (Benf....
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