Tesalonica Santiago

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Reflection

My reflection about the life of Emily Dickinson is that her precious poems are her form of expression and
escape from the things that troubled her during her time,her life thought me that it is not bad to escape
and be secluded from those troubles and create my comport zone to express my ideas and questions
because it's a form of self love and my age doesn't limit us to be worthy and productive and continue to
be inspiration even our life is not forever.She prove to me that living a life of simplicity and seclusion, is
not a hindrance to 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; and uncertainty, her
poetry has an undeniable capacity to move and provoke her reader even though her works doesn't tend
to be publish and be forever be in their keepsake.Dickinson was the exception in her society and her
seclusion and intelligence distance her from society and fostered rumors of madness. Using the
assertion that private, intelligent women are insane,however Emily is a woman with an independent
mind flippantly defends madness. Her prescription for those who are not ostensibly mad is caution and
restraints because demur women are the real danger,this thought me that I should speak my mind
because women should not always be dictated by our patriar society.Her life is truely exceptional and
inspiring that why her poems soon received extraordinary praise from leading magazines and
newspapers. The New York Times claimed Emily Dickinson would soon be known amongst the immortals
of English speaking poets.

°W HO WAS EMILY DICKINSON?

EMILY DICKINSON LEFT SCHOOL AS A TEENAGER ,EVENTUALLY LIVING A RECLUSIVE LIFE ON THE FAMILYHOMESTEAD .
THERE, SHE SECRETLY CREATED BUNDLESOF POETRY AND WROTE HUNDREDS OF LETTERS. DUE TO A DISCOVERY BY
SISTER LAVINIA , D ICKINSON 'S REMARKABLE WORK WAS PUBLISHED AFTER HER DEATH —ON MAY 15, 1886, IN
AMHERST — AND SHE IS NOWCONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOWERING FIGURES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE .

°E ARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

DICKINSON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 10, 1830, INAMHERST , MASSACHUSETTS . HER FAMILY HAD DEEP ROOTS IN
NEW ENGLAND. HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER , S AMUEL DICKINSON, WAS WELL KNOWN AS THE FOUNDER OF
AMHERST COLLEGE. HER FATHER WORKED AT AMHERSTAND SERVED AS A STATE LEGISLATOR . HE MARRIED
EMILY NORCROSS IN 1828 AND THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN : WILLIAM AUSTIN , E MILY AND
LAVINIA NORCROSS.

AN EXCELLENT STUDENT, DICKINSON WAS EDUCATED AT AMHERST ACADEMY (NOW AMHERST COLLEGE) FORSEVEN
YEARS AND THEN ATTENDED MOUNT H OLYOKE F EMALE S EMINARY FOR A YEAR . T HOUGH THE PRECISEREASONS FOR
DICKINSON'S FINAL DEPARTURE FROM THEACADEMY IN 1848 ARE UNKNOWN; THEORIES OFFERED SAY THAT HER
FRAGILE EMOTIONAL STATE MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE AND /OR THAT HER FATHER DECIDED TO PULL HER FROM THE
SCHOOL. DICKINSON ULTIMATELY NEVER JOINED A PARTICULAR CHURCH OR DENOMINATION , STEADFASTLY GOING
AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS NORMS OF THE TIME.

°FAMILY DYNAMICS AND WRITING

DICKINSON BEGAN WRITING AS A TEENAGER . HER EARLY INFLUENCES INCLUDE LEONARD HUMPHREY , PRINCIPAL OF
AMHERST ACADEMY , AND A FAMILY FRIEND NAMED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NEWTON, WHO SENT DICKINSON A BOOK
OF POETRY BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON . I N 1855, D ICKINSON VENTURED OUTSIDE OF AMHERST , AS FAR AS
PHILADELPHIA , P ENNSYLVANIA . THERE, SHE BEFRIENDED A MINISTER NAMED CHARLES WADSWORTH , WHO WOULD
ALSO BECOME A CHERISHED CORRESPONDENT . AMONG HER PEERS , D ICKINSON 'S CLOSEST FRIEND AND ADVISER
WAS A WOMAN NAMED S USAN GILBERT , WHONMAY HAVE BEEN AN AMOROUS INTEREST OF AS WELL . IN 1856,
GILBERT MARRIED

DICKINSON'S BROTHER, W ILLIAM . THE DICKINSON FAMILY

LIVED ON A LARGE HOME KNOWN AS THE HOMESTEAD

IN AMHERST. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE , W ILLIAM AND

SUSAN SETTLED IN A PROPERTY NEXT TO THE HOMESTEAD KNOWN AS THE EVERGREENS . EMILY AND

SISTER LAVINIA SERVED AS CHIEF CAREGIVERS FOR THEIR

AILING MOTHER UNTIL SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1882.

NEITHER EMILY NOR HER SISTER EVER MARRIED AND LIVED

TOGETHER AT THE HOMESTEAD UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE

DEATHS .

DICKINSON'S SECLUSION DURING HER LATER YEARS HAS

BEEN THE OBJECT OF MUCH SPECULATION . S CHOLARS

HAVE THOUGHT THAT SHE SUFFERED FROM CONDITIONS

SUCH AS AGORAPHOBIA , DEPRESSION AND / OR ANXIETY ,

OR MAY HAVE BEEN SEQUESTERED DUE TO HER

RESPONSIBILITIES AS GUARDIAN OF HER SICK MOTHER .

DICKINSON WAS ALSO TREATED FOR A PAINFUL AILMENT OF

HER EYES . AFTER THE MID-1860S, SHE RARELY LEFT THE

CONFINES OF THE HOMESTEAD. IT WAS ALSO AROUND

THIS TIME , FROM THE LATE 1850S TO MID -'60 S, THAT

DICKINSON WAS MOST PRODUCTIVE AS A POET,

CREATING SMALL BUNDLES OF VERSE KNOWN AS

FASCICLES WITHOUT ANY AWARENESS ON THE PART OF HER

FAMILY MEMBERS .

IN HER SPARE TIME , DICKINSON STUDIED BOTANY AND

PRODUCED A VAST HERBARIUM . S HE ALSO MAINTAINED

CORRESPONDENCE WITH A VARIETY OF CONTACTS . ONE OF

HER FRIENDSHIPS , WITH J UDGE OTIS PHILLIPS LORD,

SEEMS TO HAVE DEVELOPED INTO A ROMANCE BEFORE

LORD'S DEATH IN 1884.

°DEATH AND DISCOVERY

DICKINSON DIED OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN AMHERST,

MASSACHUSETTS , ON MAY 15, 1886, AT THE AGE OF

55. S HE WAS LAID TO REST IN HER FAMILY PLOT AT WEST

CEMETERY. THE HOMESTEAD, WHERE DICKINSON WAS

BORN , IS NOW A MUSEUM .

LITTLE OF DICKINSON'S WORK WAS PUBLISHED AT THE

TIME OF HER DEATH , AND THE FEW WORKS THAT WERE

PUBLISHED WERE EDITED AND ALTERED TO ADHERE TO

CONVENTIONAL STANDARDS OF THE TIME. UNFORTUNATELY ,

MUCH OF THE POWER OF DICKINSON'S UNUSUAL USE OF

SYNTAX AND FORM WAS LOST IN THE ALTERATION . AFTER

HER SISTER 'S DEATH , L AVINIA DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF

POEMS THAT DICKINSON HAD CRAFTED OVER THE YEARS.

THE FIRST VOLUME OF THESE WORKS WAS PUBLISHED IN

1890. A FULL COMPILATION , THE POEMS OF EMILY

DICKINSON, WASN 'T PUBLISHED UNTIL 1955, THOUGH

PREVIOUS ITERATIONS HAD BEEN RELEASED .

DICKINSON'S STATURE AS A WRITER SOARED FROM THE

FIRST PUBLICATION OF HER POEMS IN THEIR INTENDED

FORM . S HE IS KNOWN FOR HER POIGNANT AND

COMPRESSED VERSE, WHICH PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED

THE DIRECTION OF 20 TH-CENTURY POETRY . THE STRENGTH

OF HER LITERARY VOICE , AS WELL AS HER RECLUSIVE AND

ECCENTRIC LIFE , CONTRIBUTES TO THE SENSE OF

DICKINSON AS AN INDELIBLE AMERICAN CHARACTER WHO

CONTINUES TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY .

ONLY 10 OF EMILY DICKINSON ’S NEARLY 1,800 POEMS ARE KNOWN

TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN HER LIFETIME . DEVOTED TO PRIVATE

PURSUITS , SHE SENT HUNDREDS OF POEMS TO FRIENDS AND

CORRESPONDENTS WHILE APPARENTLY KEEPING THE GREATER NUMBER

TO HERSELF . SHE HABITUALLY WORKED IN VERSE FORMS SUGGESTIVE

OF HYMNS AND BALLADS , WITH LINES OF THREE OR FOUR STRESSES.

HER UNUSUAL OFF- RHYMES HAVE BEEN SEEN AS BOTH

EXPERIMENTAL AND INFLUENCED BY THE 18TH-CENTURY HYMNIST

ISAAC WATTS . S HE FREELY IGNORED THE USUAL RULES OF

VERSIFICATION AND EVEN OF GRAMMAR , AND IN THE INTELLECTUAL

CONTENT OF HER WORK SHE LIKEWISE PROVED EXCEPTIONALLY BOLD

AND ORIGINAL . HER VERSE IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS EPIGRAMMATIC

COMPRESSION , HAUNTING PERSONAL VOICE , ENIGMATIC BRILLIANCE ,

AND LACK OF HIGH POLISH .

EMILY DICKINSON , IN FULL EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON , (BORN

DECEMBER 10, 1830, A MHERST, MASSACHUSETTS , U.S.— DIED

MAY 15, 1886, A MHERST), AMERICAN LYRIC POET WHO LIVED IN

SECLUSION AND COMMANDED A SINGULAR BRILLIANCE OF STYLE

AND INTEGRITY OF VISION.