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Emily Dickenson

            
             Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on .
             She was the second daughter of Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Emily's mother was not there to help her emotionally and that may have led her to be the person she was. Emily was raised as a Christian, she was expected to take her father's religious beliefs without argument.
             When Emily did not follow her father's religious beliefs her father began to exclude her from reading the books she read because it would draw her attention away from the faith of her religion. Since Emily was the daughter of a politician, Emily could have a good education and therefore went to Amherst Academy. After her time at the academy she attended the Mount Holyoke College. She did well at college, but returned home after only one year because homesickness.
             Emily never got married, but she did have relationships with a few men. At home she refused to see almost anyone that came to her house. She rarely left her house; in her entire life she took a trip to Philadelphia, one to Washington, and a few trips to Boston. During those trips she met a couple of men that would really inspire her. Their names were Charles Wadsworth and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Many critics believe Charles was what her love poems were based on. After she had a large amount of poems she decided to have her poems published. After 1682 she was against publishing her poems and as a result of this, she only published seven poems in her lifetime.
             Late in Emily's life she spent most of her time mourning because of the deaths of her father in 1874, her nephew Gilbert died in 1883, Charles Wadsworth and Emily's mother died. Over those years many of her poems were based on death because of the loved ones that she lost. On May 15, 1886 Emily died at the age of 56. .
             Through her entire life she wrote very influential and famous poems. One of them is "I"m Nobody? Who are you?" This poem talks about her.


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3. The Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson

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4. Commentary The Author to Her B

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5. Title Devine-Is Mine! by Emily Dickinson

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6. Why does Emily kill her love?

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8. Emily Dickenson

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