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Emily Dickinson
(December 10,183 0-May 15,188 6) was an American poet. born in Amherst, mascript usetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. after she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount holyke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. most of her friendships were therefore carried out by corresponsed.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her Nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her life time. [2] The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. [3] lost of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.

Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886-when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems-That breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content. A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when the poems of Emily Dickinson was published by schlar Thomas H. johnson. despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet

 

Key Words

• Slant
  [Sl sequence: NT]
  Vt. & VI.
  Skew
  The rays of the Late sun slanted in streams through the cypress trees.
  The light of the sunset fades in from the cypress forest.
  Vt.
  Tends to write or report
  The journalist slanted the report so that the mayor was made to appear incompetent.
  The reporter gave distorted reports to make the mayor appear incompetent.
  N.
  Slope, diagonal line
  The lines are drawn on a slant.
  These lines are drawn as diagonal lines.
  Disposition, bias, and focus
  The editorial had an antiunion slant.
  This editorial has a tendency to oppose trade unions.
• Pierce
  [Pi ə S]
  Vt. & VI.
  Piercing, piercing, penetrating
  The knife did not pierce very deeply.
  The knife is not very deep.
• Ajar
  [Commandid D commandid:]
  Adj.
  Half-Open
  The door was ajar, so the cat was able to come in.
  The door is half open, so the cat can come in.
• Sustenance
  [S stin ə ns]
  N.
  Food; nutrition; nourishment
• Inner
  [Doctor] Cutting

I'm nobody! Who are you?

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you -- nobody -- too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Dont tell! They 'd advertise -- you know!
How dreary -- to be -- somebody!
How public -- like a frog --
To tell your name -- the livelong June --
To an admiring Bog!

I am the anonymous! Who are you?
Are you an anonymous user?
So we are a pair!
Don't worry! They will be passed on-you know!
Bored-yes-xx celebrities!
Shake more -- like a frog --
Tell your name-long June --
A swamp of appreciation!

 

 

I have been loving

　
I have been loving
I can prove to you
Until I start to love
I have never lived fully --

I will always love
It can also be demonstrated to you
Love is life
Endless life features

If, dear,
I am also skeptical about this.
I cannot prove the evidence,
Besides --

Translated by Jiang Feng

Source poet (www.cnpoet.com) Source: http://www.cnpoet.com/waiguo/usa/004.htm #