Emily Dickinson Poetry

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a family well known for educational and political activity. Her father, an orthodox Calvinist, was a lawyer and treasurer of the local college. He also served in Congress. Dickinson's mother, whose name was also Emily, was a cold, religious, hard-working housewife, who suffered from depression. Her relationship with her daughter was distant. Later Dickinson wrote in a letter, that she never had a mother.

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By Natasha Godfrey 21 Jan, 2012
Dear Emily. I really enjoy the poems you create, I think they are wonderful and inspirational and i like how i have a poet that i can look up to, I look up to you and henry van dyke i think you guys are great poets ! :)

By thomas 04 Dec, 2008
because i could not stop for death is probably one of the best poems ever. thats opinon. they teach it in highschool. also that a brew never tasted or whatever a liquour never brewed is pretty phat. emily dickinson could get it(if you know what i mean)