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Emily Dickinson’s Life Outline
Introduction: Emily Dickinson is widely thought of as one of the most genius and talented American
Poets of all time
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The emotions that she experienced through struggles and relationships were obvious in her poems
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Wrote 1,775 poems but only 7 were published (anonymously) before her death
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Considered unconventional due to her sometimes unclear rhyme scheme, irregular capitalization and
use of dashes
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Irregularity of grammar and punctuation could be a possible representation of the irregular emoti
ons that she experienced
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These orders were obviously ignored and close family and friends strung together her poems to be
published
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The Poems of Emily Dickinson wasn't published until 1955
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This was years after her death, which occurred in 1886
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Wentworth Higginson was sent by Emily four original poems during her life
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He noticed how talented she was in writing
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He did believe that she was a bit too unconventional with her use of punctuation, rhyme, irregularit
ies in her rhythm and unnecessary capitalization
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When sending feedback he chose to overlook this because he was pleased with her talent
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These poems were sent in 1862
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Higginson was one of the very few people that Emily shared her poetry with during her lifetim
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The Life of Dickinson
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Emily was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts
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Her father was a lawyer
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She had a pretty typical childhood
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She found joy in almost everything
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Cooking
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Making friends
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vi
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This optimistic and social version of Emily did not last
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She had many odd habits as well
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She remained entirely in her house and garden
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After her death her sister found her poems and had them published against Emi
ly's will
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Inspiration
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It's difficult to pinpoint exactly which authors were directly influenced by Emily Dickinson
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It is often said that her talent and style can not be mimicked, as it will always be unmatched
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The influences of her life:
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she became extremely closed and isolated after his death
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Her writing displayed a fixation with "life after death," and what happens when we die
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Wentworth Higginson
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His encouragement certainly didn't deter Emily from writing
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He didn't try to change her unconventional style
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Now considered Dickinson's trademark and not frowned upon in the slightest
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Her sometimes described as "crazy"
perspective and obsession with love, life and death were obvious in her works, which were usua
lly centered around these themes
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