Dickinson; A Biography
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Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 to an old Connecticut River Valley family. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts where her father, granfather, and older brother served as treasurers of the Amherst College. She graduated from Amherst Academy in 1847. Then, Dickinson attended Mount Hol ....
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.... adapted from hymn meters, slant rhymes, eccentric phrasing, and emotional intensity. Nevertheless, she continued to write poems in that style. By the late 1860's, she had become a total recluse, dressing in all white, and withdrawn from contacts beyond the family.
Emily Dickinson led a simple life. She was devoted to her parents, her sister Lavinia, and to her brother Austin whom she helped through an unhappy marriage. She was likewise in love with and devoted to Judge Otis Lord, a wido ....
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