1、Emily Elizabeth Dickinson(December 10, 1830 May 15, 1886) Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. As the Belle of Amherst, she was one of the most highly-regarded poets

2、 ever to write. She was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly 1,800poems were published during her lifetime. And she was known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests.Life Experience Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born at the familys homestead in Amh

3、erst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830. To some extent, she lived in a quite wealthy family. Emily Dickinsons paternal grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, had almost single-handedly founded Amherst College. Her father, Edward Dickinson was a very wealthy, successful and prominent lawyer and politician

4、. As a young girl, she was educated at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts for only one year due to health problems.Life Experience Some time around 1850 she began writing poetry. Her first poems were traditional and followed established form, but as time

5、 passed and she began producing huge amounts of poetry, Dickinson began experimenting. During her lifetime, she wrote about 1,800 poems.Life Experience In 1886, Dickinsons health began deteriorating and she found herself slowly becoming an invalid. Dickinson was only fifty-six, but she was suffering

6、 from a severe case of Brights disease. She died on May 15, 1886, and was buried in a white coffin in Amherst. She didnt marry any man throughout her lifetime.Emily Dickinsons tombstone in the family plotLife ExperienceMajor Works My Life Closed Twice before Its Close 我的生命結束之前已經結束了兩次 Because I Could

7、nt Stop for Death 因為我不能等待死亡 I Heard a Fly Buzz When I died 我死時聽到蒼蠅的嗡嗡聲 Mine by the Right of the White Election 我的根據白色選舉的權利Wild Nights Wild Nights 狂風夜狂風夜 Death is a Dialogue between 死是一場對話 The Soul selects her own Society 心靈選擇了自己的友伴 I died for Beauty but was scarce 我為美而死 Dickinsons poems are usually

8、based on her own experiences, her sorrows and joys. But within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which include religion, death, immortality, love, and nature.Themes Style (1) poems without titles (2) capital letters emphasis (3) severe economy of expression (4) directness, brevity (5) musical device to create cadence (rhythm) (6) s