EmilyDickinson


 * =**Emily Dickinson and her poetry**=

Biography Information
 * Born in Amherst, Massachusetts
 * seldom left her house and had few visitors
 * people she did come in contact with had an effect on her poetry
 * Reverend Charles Wadsworth- her "closest earthly friend".
 * Lived in almost total isolation by 1860's
 * Spent time with family
 * Father served in Congress
 * Brother attended law school and married Susan Gilbert
 * Sister lived in similar isolation
 * Died in Amherst in 1886

Famous Poems
 * There is another sky
 * I'm nobody! Who are you?
 * Because I could no stop for death
 * Nobody knows this little Rose
 * I started early--took my dog--

Poetry Styles
 * Short verses
 * Themes-love, death, nature
 * hyphens/dashes
 * 1st line-title
 * symbolism
 * slant rhyme
 * rhyming quatrains
 * personification
 * capitalization: random/important

Historical Events
 * **One of mass. most prominent families**
 * **Early education in literature**
 * **Kept away from public**
 * **Father graduated from yale**