American lyric poet Emily Dickinson died on 15
May 1886. She lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style
and integrity of vision. With Walt Whitman, she is
widely considered to be one of the two leading 19th-century American poets. Only
10 of Emily Dickinson’s nearly 1,800 poems are known to have been published in
her lifetime. Devoted to private pursuits, she sent hundreds of poems to
friends and correspondents while apparently keeping the greater number to
herself. Continue reading here.
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