POETIC MEMORIAL FOR MAY 15TH

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EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) was an American poet. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830.

She was a prolific writer who enclosed her poems in letters that she wrote to her friends. Because of her secluded existence and lifestyle, she has established the image of a poet as that of a recluse and a loner.

Dickinson admired the works of the English poets, John Keats, as well as, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, whose poetry was widely popular in both Britain and the United States.

She was dissuaded, however, by advice through family and friends, from reading the poetry of Walt Whitman, her American contemporary, by rumors of the disgracefulness of his poetic subject matters.

Emily Dickinson died on May 15, 1886, and although she was unrecognized during her lifetime, she is now considered one of the towering figures in the annals of poetry.  She is best known for the skillful use of FORM and SYNTAX in her poems.

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