Bias Towards Dickinsons Poetry
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My Bias Towards Emily Dickinson's Poetry
Although Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were from the same era with many similarities, I find it hard to compare the works that they have published. They are similar in many aspects and wrote in such a similar style, but personally the works of Emily Dickinson move me more than those of Walt Whitman. Both will go down as two of the greatest poets of their time and their works will always be remembered. Their works will be read for years and years to come and their names will be exalted in studies. But, in my eyes, Emily Dickinson had a way of placing all emotion into her works and had a way of transferring that emotion to me.
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She lived secluded in the house that she was born in until she attended Amherst Academy and Holyoke Female Academy where she studied. During Emily's mid-twenties she began to grow reclusive and kept her life to household chores and writing poetry. Her works were finally picked up and published by Thomas Johnson; although, not all of her poetry was found until her death in 1886. In her lifetime there has been found an estimate of over 1700 poems...