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Emily Dickinson, Poet | |
| Of the thousand thoughtful, sensitive poems she wrote after going into seclusion, only seven were published during her lifetime, yet she is now among America's most beloved poets. | ||
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
was among America's most perceptive and
sensitive poets.
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts,
she was raised in almost Puritan surroundings
by
her wealthy lawyer father.
After visiting
Philadelphia and Washington with her
father (now a congressman) at age 23,
she withdrew
from public view to the family home
and lived the rest of her life in near
seclusion.
"The Belle
of Amherst," as she is now called,
retired to her room and wrote. And wrote.
And wrote, becoming world famous only
after her death.
You can visit her house,
the Dickinson Homestead,
in Amherst MA.
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Poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).
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