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item n°23 Emily Dickinson Biography Emily Dickinson was bom into a middie-class Puritan family, in in 1830. She was an american pootess, she lived duri + RI 7 do wii uso she was Iving in the the Victorian Ape but she had nothing to She lived an isplatéd file: she never left her father's hou: never \arried never had a family. Sk only had some friends and RA qur ao Letter-wrilng became her only form of contact with poems also seem have been written for a purpose of communication, n sso » Dickinson died in 1885; After her death, her poems were collected in a selection and ti ished She is more famous nowadays than in her own period: in I knew about ‘her and her poetry. But she used such original themes and technique that modem poetry took inspirabon from her. In tact her great variety of technique can be enjoyed by all people ol different ages. Themes of her poetry The themes she dealt with, were so universal and popular that even people cf different ages caulei understand them Dickinson s Inemes are the eternal issues of kite: death and loss, love, fear, God and nature She told about these Ihemos without bigotry. The poetess was almost obsessed with death: she was curious about this theme, she felt horror and compassion, she even wrote about her own death. Death was full ot mystery. When a person die, he become one with the universe. Love also is a hope and a spiritual union. Style Her poems are generally short and organized in simple quatrains: They do not have a title: the title is often the first line ol the poem. i The language is simple, it is characterized by monosyllabic word and the meaning of the poem is ambiguous. She used dashes, which breaks lines apart, forcing the reader to pause. I Her poetry is quite fyrical, she used metaphors ‘and similes in a very different way. She gives the reader feels in a very original way. In order to understand her and her poetry, the reader should go beyond the surface. She is to int tion, she wanted to give a free interpretation. Carlos ia ire 5 she thought that poetry should be Dickinson broke away from fhe traditional poetry, savored. E iration from her. Her free use of rhyme anticipated model poetry; which took Inspiration Irom her.