emily dickinson, the greatest poet
Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She lived throughout her life in her father s house. Near the end of her life, she rarely left her own room. Aside from a few mostly anonymous verses, she remained unpublished. When she died, her poems were discovered. Some of the strangest, most fascinating poems ever written. Almost 2, 000 of them, hidden in a maid s trunk. This is my attempt at making a character study of Emily Dickinson. I started it a month ago and it was the hardest thing I ve ever done, not only because it s almost 7minute long (believe me, it could ve been worse and I had to force myself to leave some parts out), but also because I realized that the reason I liked Dickinson so much is that I could, in a sense, relate to Emily. As a french girl, I ve never heard about Emily Dickinson before watching the show. Funny because in english litterature classes, we studied Poe, Orwell, But no woman in sight. I couldn
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