Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson made a large influence on poetry, she is known as one of America’s most famous poets. With close to two thousand different poems and one thousand of her letters to her friends that survived her death Emily Dickinson showed that she was a truly dedicated writer. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10,1830 to a prominent family, her father Edward Dickinson was both a lawyer and the Treasurer …showed first 75 words of 1832 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1832 total…to express them although I do think that Emily had a very strong love for Susan. This is a great poem because it shows the sensitive loving side of Emily’s poetry, instead of the depressing gloom of death and worrying about it. I think that this poem has been misinterpreted to mean something passionate and sexual. Now a days it seems that people are always trying to find something sexual in everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**