`` Wild Nights `` By Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson was one of the best American poets, but she is very famous for being a secluded writer. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1846 in Amherst, Massachusetts and she died on May 15, 1886 at the age of 55 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her isolation from the outside world still confuses literary critics and readers of her poetry and letters. There are many theories developed over time about her seclusion. Some people believe her secluded way of life was her own choice but she was very close to her family. Emily Dickinson lived in a happy home and went to a school during her life. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830 and lived there all her life most of her life. An introduction into Emily Dickinson’s poetry themes, and discussion about the isolation in her life, and discussion about the isolation in her poetry will be examined in the paper.

Emily Dickinson was an American poetess during the 19th century, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, December 10, 1830. Dickinson died at the age of 56, on May 15, 1886. Although her family was prominent, she was most unsociable, being intensely solitary. People considered her as an eccentric, as she showed disinclination towards guests, which in some cases, even caused them to leave, leaving most of her acquaintanceships founded upon by correlation. Dickinson was known for her adherence for wearing white clothing, and her introverted personality. She remained unwedded for life, and rarely ever left her front gate of her homestead. Emily Dickinson started writing poetry in her youthful years, and was encouraged by Benjamin Franklin Newton to continue her writings. During her teenage years, she had uncovered poetic works through verses of Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Wordsworth, she also deeply admired by John Keats and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Her poetry was deeply affected by the Book of Revelation, and her Puritan background, that influenced her to explore concepts like love and death, and write in styles that made her be noticeable to the crowd. Critics believe that her biggest influence in poetry was Reverend Charles Wadsworth, whom she had met on her trip to Philadelphia, and fell in love with him. It is believed that her flow of verses came when Wadsworth left, which gave rise to heartsick poems, as she had considered him as her “closest

Emily Dickinson, recognized as one of the greatest American poets of the nineteenth century, was born December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts (Benfey, 1). Dickinson’s greatness and accomplishments were not always recognized. In her time, women were not recognized as serious writers and her talents were often ignored. Only seven of her 1800 poems were ever published. Dickinson’s life was relatively simple, but behind the scenes she worked as a creative and talented poet. Her work was influenced by poets of the seventeenth century in England, and by her puritan upbringing. Dickinson was an obsessively private writer. Dickinson withdrew herself from the social contract around the age of thirty and devoted herself, in secret, to writing.

On December 10, 1830 a poet was born. When Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, no one knew that she was to become the most well known woman poet of all time. She loved her family deeply. Her father was a man of great reverence in Amherst and her mother was an

Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. The people that were part of her life were an enormous impact on her poetry. Her parents were Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross. Her mother suffered a long term illness and needed constant care from her daughters. Dickinson’s father attended Yale College until Junior year, which he went to Amherst College. Edward became Amherst’s chief citizen and a successful lawyer, this gave his children the opportunity to meet many prominent visitors. Dickinson’s older brother was William Austin and she also had a younger amicable sister named Lavinia Norcross, “she was her longtime companion and advocate of her work after her death,” (“Dickinson, Emily”). Leonard Humphrey, her principal at Amherst Academy, was a mentor and a friend to Dickinson. Humphrey influenced her poetry. When Humphrey died, Dickinson was twenty years old. Humphrey’s death furthered Dickinson’s depression; “...the hour of evening is sad - it was once my

Emily was influenced by many writers. One of the people who influenced her was the principal of Amherst Academy, Leonard Humphrey and a family friend Benjamin Franklin Newton. In the late 1850’s to mid-1860’s, Emily was a productive poet, making progress on verses, though her family was unaware of any of her writing. Dickinson made some interesting decisions. She did not let her family know about her writing, which was odd. Emily Dickinson was a talented writer, she should not of kept it from her family, she had talent. Well, the problem was never really solved, her parents did not really find out until

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on 10th December, 1830, in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. As a young child, she showed a bright intelligence, and was able to create many recognizable writings. Many close friends and relatives in Emily’s life were taken away from her by death. Living a life of simplicity and aloofness, she wrote poetry of great power: questioning the nature of immortality and death. Although her work was influenced by great poets of the time, she published many strong poems herself. Two of Emily Dickinson’s famous poems, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Heard a Fly Buzz- When I Died”,

”(Collins 45-47) are the names of Dickinson’s poems. Emily Dickinson was a poet who remained undiscovered for many years because she had buried her poetry not wanting anyone to know. Her poems express emotions very clearly as we know, Emily Dickinson remained stoic for most of her life. Dickinson’s poetry was her outlet to her emotions and questions, which seemed to be buried deep within her since she lived a very private life. She wrote in an ambiguous style where her words always held depth and another meaning.

Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in the west of the farm, a prestigious but not wealthy family. Two hundred years ago, in the Puritan Great Migration, the Dickinson family came to thrive in the future so that they discovered the New World. Dickinson received a good education at an early age. He said Emily is a young girl dignified behavior. When she was two years old to find relatives Mommsen, Emily's aunt Emily evaluation is very satisfied, she is a well-behaved child and does not move. Emily's aunt also noted the girl's love for music, especially talented at the piano, she called this "the Moosic." Dickinson a young man he joined his family in Philadelphia, Washington and other places, the age of 17 to enter the Women's

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was the oldest daughter of Edward Dickinson, a successful lawyer, member of Congress, and for many years treasurer of Amherst College, and of Emily Norcross Dickinson, a timid woman. Lavinia, Dickinson’s sister, described Emily as "perfectly well & contented—She is a very good child & but little trouble." (Sewall 324) She was graduated from Amherst Academy in 1847, which was founded by her grandfather, Samuel Dickinson (Sewall, 337, Wolff, 19–21). She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley in

Emily Dickinson was an extremely talented poet; her life history contributes to her poem subjects. “Emily was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts” (Emily Dickinson). She was the eldest daughter of Edward Dickinson who was a successful lawyer, member of Congress and treasurer of

Have you ever longed to do something? Or what about longed to be with someone? In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Wild Nights- Wild Nights” she writes about longing to be with a lover. The poem shows a longing to be with her lover once again. The first stanza is about her longing to be with the lover. The second stanza is the biggest shift and the climax, the speaker has reached her limit. The speaker is frustrated that they cannot be with the lover and is at breaking point. However, the third stanza relates back to the first by longing for the lover once again. Emily Dickinson’s self-reserved, recluse lifestyle was influential in “Wild Nights-Wild Nights”, as she uses metaphor, imagery, and stanzas to show her passion in a restrictive religious culture.

Emily Dickinson a modern romantic writer, whose poems considered imaginative and natural, but also dark as she uses death as the main theme many times in her writings. She made the death look natural and painless since she wanted the reader to look for what after death and not be stuck in that single moment. In her poems imagination play a big role as it sets the ground for everything to unfold in a magical way. The speakers in Dickinson’s poetry, are sharp-sighted observers who see the inescapable limitations of their societies as well as their imagined and imaginable escapes. To make the abstract tangible, to define meaning without confining it, to inhabit a house that never became a prison, Dickinson created in her writing a distinctively elliptical language for expressing what was possible but not yet realized. She turned increasingly to this style that came to define her writing. The poems are rich in aphorism and dense

Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst Massachusetts on December 10th, 1830. (“Emily Dickinson” Encyclopedia of World Biography, p 451). Her father, Edward Dickinson a lawyer, member of congress and treasurer for his father college Amherst, and mother, Emily Norcross Dickinson who was infirm and timorous, had three children (451). Emily was the middle child and oldest daughter (451). Dickinson never married and spent her life helping her younger sister, Lavinia, keep up the household (451). Emily’s oldest sibling was her brother Austin, who followed his father’s footsteps

Emily Dickinson is one of the most interesting female poets of the nineteenth century. Every author has unique characteristics about him/her that make one poet different from another, but what cause Emily Dickinson to be so unique are not only the words she writes, but how she writes them. Her style of writing is in a category of its own. To understand how and why she writes the way she does, her background has to be brought into perspective. Every poet has inspiration, negative or positive, that contributes not only to the content of the writing itself, but the actual form of writing the author uses to express his/her personal talents. Emily Dickinson is no different. Her childhood and adult experiences and culture form