Dickinson Emily Elizabeth
Dick·in·son
(dĭk′ĭn-sən), Emily Elizabeth 1830-1886. American poet whose poems, most of which were published posthumously, had an enormous influence on literature of the 1900s. In short and generally loosely rhymed stanzas, she explored the emotional life of the solitary individual.
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