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Fun Facts: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
A.S. Rafi:
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) is one of the most celebrated poets of America. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she passed a mostly introverted and reclusive life.This thread is dedicated to explore this poet's life with a view to sharing some exotic information:
A.S. Rafi:
Emily Dickinson
A.S. Rafi:
1. Not considering the poems that might have been destroyed or lost Dickinson has written overall 1,775 poems. But only seven poems were published during her lifetime, and most were anonymous and against her will. She was confident of posthumous success.
Emily accomplished her mission in a real big way :)
(Info. www.funtrivia.com, www.tressugar.com)
A.S. Rafi:
2. After her death, her sister found over 1,000 poems in Emily's bureau. She had them edited and published in three series, but all of her 1,800 poems were not published until 1955.
Shampa Iftakhar:
very informative post
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