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EMILY DICKINSON

EMILY DICKINSON. (December 10, 1830-May 15, 1886) By: tyler craig. Emily’s Life. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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EMILY DICKINSON

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  1. EMILY DICKINSON (December 10, 1830-May 15, 1886) By: tylercraig

  2. Emily’s Life Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. In her youth, Emily studied at Amherst Academy for about seven years, and also spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, but later returned to her family’s home in Amherst. Emily lived her life in seclusion to society, only writing poems and letters to a handful of people. Emily died at the age of 55 in her home in Amherst on May 15, 1886. Emily was known for her short dark, death concerned, love poems. She wrote over 1700 poems, but only a few were published in her lifetime. Of the few that were published most of the poems were tampered with and changed around by the publishers.

  3. Much Madness Much madness is divinest sense A To a discerning eye; B Much sense the starkest madness. C ‘T is the majority D In this, as all, prevails. E Assent, and you are sane; F Demur,- you’re straightway dangerous, G And handled with a chain. F

  4. Literary Devices • Alliteration- Much Madness • Theme- Majority determines sanity. • Paradox- Much madness is divinest sense • Much sense the starkest madness

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