Emily Dickinson Ms. De La O English 9
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson Born December 10, 1830, Amherst, MA Religious Well Off 1840: educated at the nearby Amherst Academy English, classical literature, and Latin 1847: began attending Mary Lyon's Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Restricted herself to household work and writing poetry
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson Ten poems published during life Relationships? Wrote “passionate” poetry “Master” Sister-in-law Susan Gilbert Dickinson died on May 15, 1886 of a kidney disease 40 hand-bound volumes containing more than 1,700 of her poems. Published by Thomas H. Johnson in 1955.
The Poetry Known for using poetry as private observation. Autobiographical Carefully crafted in rhyme and meter. Protestant Hymn Lyrical Single speaker