Emily Dickinson
/ˌeməli ˈdɪkɪnsən/
/ˌeməli ˈdɪkɪnsən/
- (1830-86) an American poet whose work has had a strong influence on modern poetry. Her poems were often about religion and death, and they contain impressive images. She wrote nearly 1 800 of them, but only seven were published during her life. Dickinson spent the last half of her life alone in her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, writing secretly. “Because I could not stop for DeathHe kindly stopped for me.”