Emily's+Writings

She wrote hundreds of poems. She was one of the most original writers of the 19th century. She used a broken rhyme meter in her poems. Her poetry shows her loneliness. During her lifetime she was never publicly noticed. Most of her poems are at Harvard University.

Some of her poetry:

Emily Dickinson was maybe one of the most influential poet and writers of her time. Her writings were not truelly realized till after her death. She was a writer that loved to use rhymes. Some of which were imperfect rhymes, vowel rhymes, eye rhymes, and identical rhymes. She also was very fluent with the usage of imagery and metaphors. She also used Old English Hymns as a meter to which she wrote her masterpieces. Her influenced by the Lydia Maria Child’s Letter from New York. William Shakespeare was also a definite influence in Dickinson’s writings. Therefore, Dickinson is considered one of the most powerful writers in this period.

upon her death her family found 40 handbound books called fascicles, which are small books. She sewed them together into a coupe of sheets of paper.