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Born December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, '''Emily Dickinson''' was the daughter of a prominent local family. Known in the community for being an eccentric, she rarely left her home and most of her contact with the outside world was through letter correspondence with friends.
Unbeknown to most, she was a prolific poet; indeed, she composed some 1800, though only a dozen were ever published in her lifetime. Much of her work covered themes of faith, death, flowers, and employed unusual grammar and syntax for the day. Because of this, they were heavily edited by anthologies, and after her death on May 15, 1886, by her family. It was not until nearly half a century later that her works would be published unedited. Today, she is considered one of the most innovative and influential of American poets.
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