Pagine1830–1886 · Amherst, Massachusetts · also known as Dickinson
Emily Dickinson wrote nearly 1,800 poems in her family home in Amherst, Massachusetts, but only about ten were published while she was alive. After her death her sister found the poems, many sewn into little hand-made booklets. Short, dashed, slant-rhymed and surprising — “Because I could not stop for Death,” “Hope is the thing with feathers” — they made her one of the most original poets in English.
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Emily Dickinson wrote nearly 1,800 poems in her family home in Amherst, Massachusetts, but only about ten were published while she was alive. After her death her sister found the poems, many sewn into little hand-made booklets.
Poems by Emily Dickinson is usually considered Emily Dickinson’s best-known work.
Most readers start with Poems by Emily Dickinson.
Both refer to the same writer.
Many of Emily Dickinson’s works are in the public domain; we link to free editions below.