Emily Dickinson
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born
December 10, 1830
died
May 15, 1886
gender
female
place of birth
Amherst, Massachusetts, The United States
genre
Poetry
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Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century.
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.31 — 3,397 ratings — published 1960 29 editions |
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Emily Dickenson: Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.09 — 411 ratings — published 1959 29 editions |
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Final Harvest: Poems by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.27 — 190 ratings — published 1962 3 editions |
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Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.34 — 128 ratings — published 1971 2 editions |
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Poems by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.14 — 125 ratings — published 1890 24 editions |
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Dickinson: Poems by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.24 — 70 ratings — published 1993 3 editions |
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Selected Poems and Letters of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.03 — 58 ratings — published 1959 3 editions |
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The Master Letters of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.27 — 45 ratings — published 1986 2 editions |
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Emily Dickinson Poems by Emily Dickinson avg rating 4.30 — 27 ratings — published 1989 7 editions |
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I'm Nobody! Who Are You?: Poems of Emily Dickinson for Children (Barbara Holdridge Book) by Emily Dickinson, Rex Schneider avg rating 4.04 — 25 ratings — published 1978 7 editions |
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"Hope" is the thing with feathers
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"Hope"
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"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."
— Emily Dickinson
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."
— Emily Dickinson
"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
— Emily Dickinson
— Emily Dickinson
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"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
— Emily Dickinson
— Emily Dickinson
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