Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson’s finest poems.
Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt.
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Yet, it is her use of language, form, and the deceptive simplicity of her verse that categorize her as an important force in nineteenth century American letters and, along with Walt Whitman, a founder of a distinctly American voice in modern poetry.
PRELUDETHIS is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,—That simple news that Nature told,With tender majesty.
Her message is committedTo hands I cannot see
For love of her, sweet countrymen,Judge tenderly of me!The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world.
It was only after her death in 1886 that the scope of her work as a poet came to light—over 1,700 Poems were discovered in a dresser drawer by her sister, Lavinia.
Emily Dickinson’s Poems reflect her loneliness, as well as her love of nature, the influence of the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth century England, and her strong Puritan religious beliefs.
Only ten of her Poems were published in her lifetime, submitted without her permission by friends.
She scarcely left home, nor did she have many visitors.
Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion, devoted to writing.
Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson’s finest poems.
Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt
