The Influence Of Personal Experiences In Emily Dickinson's Poetry
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None of Emily Dickinson's readers has met the woman who lived and died
in Amherst, Massachusetts more than a century ago, yet most of those same
readers feel as if they know her closely. Her reclusive life made understanding
her quite difficult. However, taking a close look at her verses, one can ....
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.... in Emily's life (Sewall
22). Despite her stubborn denials to be labeled, she was very much of a “New
Englander”. Cynthia Griffen Wolff, author of Emily Dickinson, points out that
Emily “knew every line of the Bible intimately, quoted from it extensively, and
referred to it many more times than she referred to any other work... yet in
this regard she was not unusual by Amherst's standards” (72). The most
prominent figure of religious virtues in her life was her father, Edwa ....
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