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    Emily Dickinson was an American poet born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She spent most of her life as a recluse, writing short, cryptic poems that were not recognized during her lifetime. Dickinson never married but had romantic partners, and is considered one of America's greatest poets for her unconventional use of form and exploration of themes including death, immortality, and faith.

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    Emily Dickinson was an American poet born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She spent most of her life as a recluse, writing short, cryptic poems that were not recognized during her lifetime. Dickinson never married but had romantic partners, and is considered one of America's greatest poets for her unconventional use of form and exploration of themes including death, immortality, and faith.

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    Emily Dickinson was an American poet born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She spent most of her life as a recluse, writing short, cryptic poems that were not recognized during her lifetime. Dickinson never married but had romantic partners, and is considered one of America's greatest poets for her unconventional use of form and exploration of themes including death, immortality, and faith.

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    Emily

    Dickinson
    Her full name is
    Emily Elizabeth
    Dickinson

    She was born on


    December 10th of 1830
    in Amherst,
    Massachusetts, United
    States.

    She spent most


    of her life as a
    hermit

    She has been


    deemed America's
    best known female
    poet
    Besides creating poems,
    she also had a passion for
    botanic.

    Emily Dickinson was


    not publicily recognized
    during her life time

    Her poems
    contained short
    lines, typically lack
    titles, and often use
    slant rhyme

    She had two


    siblings, William
    Austin and Lavinia
    Norcross.

    Dickinson never
    married, although
    she had partners

    She learned how to


    write and read,
    even when women
    were not supposed
    to

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