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Emily Dickinson By: Brooke Kelley
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Emily’s Bio (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
She was educated at Amherst Academy from Also at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from Only 2 of her 1800 published in Emily’s lifetime.
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Bio Continued. It was not until after Dickinson’s death, when Emily’s younger sister discovered many of her poems. Lavinia(Emily’s Younger sister) got them published, Emily Dickinson reputation grew after her death.
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Emily Dickinson’s poems…
Was mostly about dealing with themes of death and immortality. She was troubled from a young age by the “deepening menace” of deaths, especially the deaths of those who were close to her.
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Poem "Hope" is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all, - Emily Dickinson
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Poem Information The type of meter in this poem is form of an iambic trimeter. The poem is basically based on metaphors. The theme is about Hope is always there, to warm and comfort in the best and worst of times. In life bad situations are no rarity, but hope is there to defeat them.
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