Emily Dickinson
poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community
ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. Emily Dickinson, regarded as
one of America's greatest poets, is also well known for her unusual life of self
imposed social seclusion. Living a life of simplicity and seclusion, she yet wrote
poetry of great power; questioning the nature of immortality and death, with at times
an almost mantric quality. Her different lifestyle created an aura; often romanticised,
and frequently a source of interest and speculation. But ultimately Emily Dickinson is
remembered for her unique poetry. Within short, compact phrases she expressed far-
reaching ideas; amidst paradox and uncertainty her poetry has an undeniable
capacity to move and provoke.
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