EmilyDickinson4thpd

Biographical Information
 * Father was United States Congressman/Lawyer
 * Born Mamherst, Massachusetts
 * Went to school from 1834-1847
 * Starting writing in 1850
 * Never married

Important Historical Events
 * 1850 compromise - north and south established a couple of free states(slavery)

Style
 * Doesn't fear death
 * Thoughtful/Meaningful
 * Dashes
 * Title is first line of poem
 * Metaphor/personification
 * Morbid
 * Random/Purposeful capitalization
 * Symbolism
 * Death/Life
 * Slant rhyme
 * Rhyming quatrains

Important Poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" "Heart, We Will Forget Him" "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

Other Pertinent Information
 * Wrote 1,700 poems
 * Wrote about great power, questions the nature of immortality and death

logan, joey, cara, katy, josh, ashley