Results: Writer's Throughout History (Part 3): Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830 to well to do parents. Although she wrote nearly 1,800 poems only ten were published during her lifetime. Known for her reclusive nature, she was considered an eccentric by nature, she never married nor had any children, and most of her friendships were through correspondence. Although she lived in a very different time period where women couldn't really do much and were considered the property of their husbands or fathers she was highly gifted and intelligent. Are you a fan of Emily Dickinson?
Yes
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585 votes
No
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504 votes
Undecided
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398 votes
Not Applicable
22%
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413 votes
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There are countless quotes from Emily Dickinson's poems, so it is obviously impossible to list them all, so I found some that are more well known and that I find enjoyable. Which of the following quotes from Emily Dickinson do you like? "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul- and sings the tunes without the words-and never stops at all"
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299 votes
"We turn not older with years but newer every day"
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394 votes
"I dwell in possibility"
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370 votes
"My friends are my estate"
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228 votes
"Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell"
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188 votes
"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most"
38%
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727 votes
"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself"
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162 votes
"Tell all the truth, but tell it slant"
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167 votes
Not Applicable
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768 votes
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It just amazes me how a woman whose life didn't change very much and who never really had much experience in life could write such amazing poetry. Do you think it would be strange to see life go on all around you, your parents get older, and people your age moving on while your life is virtually unchanged since childhood? Yes
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739 votes
No
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244 votes
Undecided
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401 votes
Not Applicable
27%
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516 votes
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