Emily Dickinson

All-American Poet
Emily Dickinson is the best-known female poet of the English language, and also one of the leading authors in American literature. She was born in 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts where she lived a very unusual life. She hardly ever left her house and she confined herself to her room to live in privacy. While in her room, Dickinson created over seventeen hundred pieces of poetry. Her poems are a passionate representation of how she felt and what her life was like. She put all of her heart and soul into her poetry. Her poetry reflects her loneliness and the speakers of her po…