Emily Dickinson was a reclusive American poet. Unrecognized in her own time, Dickinson is known posthumously for her innovative use of form and syntax.

1. Emily Dickinson
MAURÍCIO COELHO
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ
FACULDADE DE LETRAS ESTRANGEIRAS MODERNAS
LICENCIATURA EM LETRAS COM HABILITAÇÃO EM LÍNGUA INGLESA

2. December 1846 or early 1847. The original is held by Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.

3. September 2012. Dickinson and her friend Kate Scott Turner (circa 1859).

4. Life and death
December 10, 1830
◦ Amherst, Massachusetts
Amhest College
◦ Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
She suffered from conditions
◦ I had a terror […] I could tell to no one (“Master Letters”)
Homestead
May 15, 1886
◦ West Cemetery
Room at Houghton Library, Harvard
University

5. Writing
The writing years (1858 – 1865)
◦ Romantic period
◦ Civil War (1861 – 1864);
Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Blake, John Keats;
1000 poems;
Legacy
◦ Hundreds of poems found after her death, 1890
The Poems of Emily Dickinson (1955).

6. Success is counted sweetest, 1864
1. Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
2. Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory
3. As he defeated – dying –
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!
Burst = resound
Counted = seems
Host = army
Ne’er = never
Sorest = greatest
Strains = notes of a song

7. References
BIOGRAPHY. Emily Dickinson Biography.com. Available at: <
https://www.biography.com/people/emily-dickinson-9274190> Access on: 26.nov.2017
EMILY DICKINSON MUSEUM. Emily Dickinson: The Writing Years (1855-1865). Available at: <
https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/writing_years>. Access on: 26.nov.2017