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EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON. Tea Espenberg Pille-Riin Saarse 12.b. Life. Born in 1830 in Amherst , Massachusetts Studied at the Amherst Academy Lived introverted and reclusive life Wore white clothes Had a brother and a sister Never married Died in 1886 in Amherst. Influences.
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EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON Tea Espenberg Pille-Riin Saarse 12.b
Life • Bornin 1830 inAmherst, Massachusetts • Studied at theAmherst Academy • Lived introverted and reclusive life • Wore white clothes • Had a brother and a sister • Nevermarried • Diedin 1886 inAmherst
Influences • Benjamin Franklin Newton • William Wordsworth • Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poetry • 3 periods: • Pre-1861 • 1861–1865 • Post-1866 • Poetry of great power • Reflects loneliness • Does not fit into any one genre • Humour, irony and satire
Her self esteem: I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? • Published few poems • Old collections of work • Published in 1890 • The first volume – popular
Modern poetry • Considerable influence • Dashes, off-rhymes, broken metre, unconventional metaphors • Innovative poet • Comfort for people
References • http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/155 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson