Brief introduction of Emily Dickinson
When it comes to the pioneer of modern American poetry, Emily Dickinson has to be mentioned. Today, the book introduces Emily Dickinson's poems in detail. By understanding Emily Dickinson's brief introduction, it is also helpful to understand Emily Dickinson's personality characteristics more comprehensively. We know that Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 and died in 1886 at the age of 56. Emily Dickinson grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson's father is the chief lawyer in the town, and her grandfather is the founder of Amherst State College. Emily Dickinson was born in such a traditional family and was educated and influenced by traditional culture since she was a child. Emily Dickinson's teenage life is very monotonous and quiet. She often stays in her small room reading books and seldom goes out. Later Emily Dickinson was admitted to the top women's college in America. Emily Dickinson likes campus time very much. Emily Dickinson is deeply loved by teachers and students because of her humor and quick response.
Emily Dickinson returned to her hometown after graduating from Manhattan College. Since then, Emily Dickinson has spent most of her time in this house. Later, due to family difficulties, Emily Dickinson sold the house at 1840, and Edward Dickinson bought it back 15 years later. After 1858, Emily Dickinson hardly left the house. She sits at home all day writing poems, so she is called "Amherst's daughter" in the history of American literature.
Characteristics of Emily Dickinson's Poetry
After understanding Emily Dickinson's poems, we will find that Emily Dickinson's poems are very distinctive. First of all, one of the characteristics of Emily Dickinson's poems is that Emily Dickinson is good at revealing the true meaning of life with the image of death. Throughout the 20th century's poetry, most people like to discuss topics such as death, life and eternity, such as Ji Bolun, Tagore or Emily Dickinson. For anything, death is an unavoidable topic. In the process of development, human beings have been constantly studying death. When a poet or writer realizes death, he will record his knowledge in words.
Emily Dickinson statue
Dickinson experienced the death of relatives and lovers in her early years, so death was very painful for her. Later, Dickinson wrote poetry, and death became an eternal theme in Dickinson's poetry creation. According to records, nearly one third of Dickinson's poems are about death. Dickinson discussed the topic of death with many death images such as funeral, death and the dead.
At the same time, Dickinson reveals the true meaning of life through the description of death. Secondly, Emily Dickinson's poetry features that she is good at displaying natural images in her poems. Emily Dickinson wrote a lot of poems related to natural landscape, which is closely related to Emily Dickinson's living environment. Emily Dickinson has lived in the country since she was a child. She likes to live quietly. She often looks for beautiful images in nature. In her eyes, everything in nature is full of vitality.