Post by Freya on Jun 15, 2002 6:37:43 GMT -5
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amerst, Massachusetts. Emily was born into a lower middle class family with an older brother and sister. Everybody helped with the chores and jobs. Emily obeyed her father, but did what she thought was right for herself. If her parents told her not to go in the woods, or she might get flower poisoning or a snake bite. She responded by saying all she ever met were "angels." She said they were shyer than she, and went anyway. The little "angels" she spoke of were probably birds or animals. She always liked them.
At age nine Emily started school at Amherst Academy . It was a good school and Emily was proud to be a piece of the pie. She studied Latin, geology, botany, and philosophy. Emily once wrote to a friend about her subjets. "How large they sound, don't they?" She commented on her subjects often. She and four other girls formed a club at school. They talked about teachers and boys. She and her friends were sometimes sad. In those days people could die of simple diseases. Many children died too. Emily often thought about death and God. She wasn't really sure what she believed< But she wanted to figure it out for herself
. When Emily was sixteen her father sent her to Mount Holyoke, a girls school not to far away from Amerst. At first, Emily liked school, but then some things began to bother her. The teachers wanted all the girls to believe in God exactly the way they did. Emily couldn't do that. She had to find her own way to believe. Emily had to be Emily.
Emily didn't make as many friends as before either. That was hard.
One winter Emily caught a very bad cold. So her father sent Austin, her older brother, to bring her home. Soon Emily felt better. Home, she learned, was the best place for her. At home, she could be Emily.
Emily had plenty to do at home. She liked to bake and work in the garden. Her mother was often sick. Emily cheered up her mother. Emily fussed over her stern, stuffy father. Emily's favorite people were Austin and Vinnie, her brother and sister. When they went away to school Emily missed them. But they both came back. Austin married Sue, one of Emily's friends. For a while, Vinnie was going to get married to, but she didn't . She stayed home. Emily spent time writing letters to friends; but not many poems. She was still learning to write like a poet
. Then something sad happened. Emily fell in love with the wrong man. Charles Wadsworth already had a wife; he could only be Emily's friend. That was hard for her, but it helped to give Emily the skills to write poetry. One poem, "I'm nobody, who are you?" is probably her most famous poem. After awhile Emily sent some of her poems to Thomas Higginson. He was a important writer. Mr. Higginson thought Emily's poems where interesting. But he didn't think most people would like them. They were too different. Soon Emily decided that only her family and friends would read them while she was alive. But that didn't stop Emily from writing them. In just one year she wrote 366 poems! By the end of her life she had written 1,775 poems. Emily worked so hard at her poems that her eyes began to hurt. She had to go to Boston for eye treatment. Vinnie went with her.
. As years passed, two things happened. First, Emily started to become a recluse in her home. She wasn't able to do much outside of her home because she couldn't find anywhere else that had anything better to do then writing poems. The second thing that happened was that more and more close relatives died. First her father, then her mother, then her nephew Gib died at age eight. Emily lived three more years, but she was sick most of the time. Vinnie took good care of her. Despite that, on May 15, 1886, Emily Dickinson died. Emily Dickinson was not gone yet though. In fact, she had just begun. As a funeral gift, Vinnie took some of Emily's poems to be published. The public liked them so much, they encouraged Vinnie to find more of them. Thomas Higginson was wrong.
All in all, she's a fantastic woman and I'd lvoe to meet ehr.. Also, while she was still alive only 10 poems of hers was published, it was only until after her death that she was known more to all humans, most of her poetry is untitled.
I hope you all enjoy this information.. I do! Also, I'll be looking for more information on other poets..just to make them more known to you all..
At age nine Emily started school at Amherst Academy . It was a good school and Emily was proud to be a piece of the pie. She studied Latin, geology, botany, and philosophy. Emily once wrote to a friend about her subjets. "How large they sound, don't they?" She commented on her subjects often. She and four other girls formed a club at school. They talked about teachers and boys. She and her friends were sometimes sad. In those days people could die of simple diseases. Many children died too. Emily often thought about death and God. She wasn't really sure what she believed< But she wanted to figure it out for herself
. When Emily was sixteen her father sent her to Mount Holyoke, a girls school not to far away from Amerst. At first, Emily liked school, but then some things began to bother her. The teachers wanted all the girls to believe in God exactly the way they did. Emily couldn't do that. She had to find her own way to believe. Emily had to be Emily.
Emily didn't make as many friends as before either. That was hard.
One winter Emily caught a very bad cold. So her father sent Austin, her older brother, to bring her home. Soon Emily felt better. Home, she learned, was the best place for her. At home, she could be Emily.
Emily had plenty to do at home. She liked to bake and work in the garden. Her mother was often sick. Emily cheered up her mother. Emily fussed over her stern, stuffy father. Emily's favorite people were Austin and Vinnie, her brother and sister. When they went away to school Emily missed them. But they both came back. Austin married Sue, one of Emily's friends. For a while, Vinnie was going to get married to, but she didn't . She stayed home. Emily spent time writing letters to friends; but not many poems. She was still learning to write like a poet
. Then something sad happened. Emily fell in love with the wrong man. Charles Wadsworth already had a wife; he could only be Emily's friend. That was hard for her, but it helped to give Emily the skills to write poetry. One poem, "I'm nobody, who are you?" is probably her most famous poem. After awhile Emily sent some of her poems to Thomas Higginson. He was a important writer. Mr. Higginson thought Emily's poems where interesting. But he didn't think most people would like them. They were too different. Soon Emily decided that only her family and friends would read them while she was alive. But that didn't stop Emily from writing them. In just one year she wrote 366 poems! By the end of her life she had written 1,775 poems. Emily worked so hard at her poems that her eyes began to hurt. She had to go to Boston for eye treatment. Vinnie went with her.
. As years passed, two things happened. First, Emily started to become a recluse in her home. She wasn't able to do much outside of her home because she couldn't find anywhere else that had anything better to do then writing poems. The second thing that happened was that more and more close relatives died. First her father, then her mother, then her nephew Gib died at age eight. Emily lived three more years, but she was sick most of the time. Vinnie took good care of her. Despite that, on May 15, 1886, Emily Dickinson died. Emily Dickinson was not gone yet though. In fact, she had just begun. As a funeral gift, Vinnie took some of Emily's poems to be published. The public liked them so much, they encouraged Vinnie to find more of them. Thomas Higginson was wrong.
All in all, she's a fantastic woman and I'd lvoe to meet ehr.. Also, while she was still alive only 10 poems of hers was published, it was only until after her death that she was known more to all humans, most of her poetry is untitled.
I hope you all enjoy this information.. I do! Also, I'll be looking for more information on other poets..just to make them more known to you all..