Dickinson, Emily (Elizabeth)


(b. Dec. 10, 1830, Amherst, Mass., U.S.--d. May 15, 1886, Amherst), U.S. lyric poet who has been called "the New England mystic" and who experimented with poetic rhythms and rhymes. Almost all her poetry was published posthumously.

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