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    Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts where she lived most of her life. Though initially very social, she became increasingly reclusive in her later years. The reasons for her reclusiveness are unknown. Most of her poetry was published posthumously in 1890. Dickinson experimented with meter in her poetry but often used common meter, alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables. She commonly used iambic meter. Her poems, numbering almost 1800, often explored themes of love, death, God, nature, self-identity, and religion. Dickinson's poetry is considered quintessentially American and helped develop the American literary style, making her popular among American composers who frequently set her poems to

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    Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts where she lived most of her life. Though initially very social, she became increasingly reclusive in her later years. The reasons for her reclusiveness are unknown. Most of her poetry was published posthumously in 1890. Dickinson experimented with meter in her poetry but often used common meter, alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables. She commonly used iambic meter. Her poems, numbering almost 1800, often explored themes of love, death, God, nature, self-identity, and religion. Dickinson's poetry is considered quintessentially American and helped develop the American literary style, making her popular among American composers who frequently set her poems to

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    Infographic On Emily Dickinson

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    Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts where she lived most of her life. Though initially very social, she became increasingly reclusive in her later years. The reasons for her reclusiveness are unknown. Most of her poetry was published posthumously in 1890. Dickinson experimented with meter in her poetry but often used common meter, alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables. She commonly used iambic meter. Her poems, numbering almost 1800, often explored themes of love, death, God, nature, self-identity, and religion. Dickinson's poetry is considered quintessentially American and helped develop the American literary style, making her popular among American composers who frequently set her poems to

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    Emily Dickinson 1830-1886

    Dickinson was born and lived most of her life in Amherst , Massachusetts .
    Though she was very social in her early life , as the years went on she became

    more and more reclusive , and the exact reasons why are unknown . Mast of

    her poetry was published posthumously , with her first volume of poetry was

    published in 1890.

    Significant Musical

    Contributions

    Rhythm

    and Meter

    DIckinson , though experimental with

    meter , often wrote in common meter ,


    alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables . Her

    usual metrical foot was an iamb .

    Common

    Themes

    Dickinson wrote almost 1800 poems , and

    the most prominent thematic trends are

    love , death and immortality , God and

    religion , nature , self - identity , and love .

    The American

    Sound

    '
    Dickinson s poet is considered

    quintessentially American and helped

    develop the American literary style , making

    her a favorite among American

    composers .

    Art Song

    Settings

    Aaron Copeland s ' "12 Poems of Emily

    Dickinson " is arguably the most famous of

    the settings of her poetry , but many other

    composers such as Lori Laitman and John

    Duke have set her work .

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