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Fun Facts: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

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irina:
Dear
I published my 3rd article on Dickinson(jointly). Don't misunderstand me. May be irony doesn't work sometimes.Ha ha ha.....

A.S. Rafi:
Dear Madams,

Thank you so much for your feedback. Particularly for the word 'fun' i didn't mean it as 'funny' nor it as an 'irony'. Rather it was meant to be an interesting fact that you might consider as a stimulating or thought provoking piece of information; no matter be it happy or sad :) I was kinda in a break from the forum, but I will surely update this thread with many more FUN-facts.. haha...I  usually love reading biographies and Irina Madam, I would also love to read your research-work sometimes :)

Tahsina:
Dear Rafi,

I'd label this - "The famous author of Robinson Crusoe changed his name in 1703 from Foe to Defoe. He believed that Defoe is “more socially and upward sounding” than Foe is." as a fun fact!

Keep the interesting facts coming about Emily.

Tahsina

irina:
Okay, dear. I understand.
Thank you.

A.S. Rafi:
Fact 3: Although Emily was never married, but she was highly influenced by two men; Leonard Humphrey, Principal of Amherst Academy, and Benjamin F. Newton, a law student in her father's office. Not only did these men make an emotional impact on Emily but they also influenced her writing. 

A particular poem was apparently written for both men.
The poem reads:


I never lost as much but twice,
and that was in the sod;
twice I have stood a beggar
Before the door of God.

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