It was only after her death in 1886 that the scope of her work as a poet came to light-over 1,700 poems were discovered in a dresser drawer by her sister, Lavinia.Įmily Dickinson’s poems reflect her loneliness, as well as her love of nature, the influence of the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth century England, and her strong Puritan religious beliefs. Only ten of her poems were published in her lifetime, submitted without her permission by friends. She scarcely left home, nor did she have many visitors. Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion, devoted to writing. Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson’s finest poems.īorn in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt.
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