Emily Dickinson: Emotion Through Poetry

Throughout her lifetime, Emily Dickinson faced many events that influenced her poetry. As a child, things like 'lacking' a mother or being sent to boarding school. As she got older, she began to see the ones that she loved pass away. Although these were events that happened to everyone, they had a major impact on Dickinson's life. To better understand Emily Dickinson, one must note emotion through poems such as "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?", "A Poor Torn Heart, Tattered Heart", and "I Can Wade Grief".
The Dickinson family was a prominent, well-to-do family from Amherst, Massachusetts. By the…