Emily Dickinson

She was born on December 10, 1830. She began writing as a teenager. She studied botany. Her father worked at Amherst College.

She died of kidney cancer on May 15, 1886. She became a poet because Ben Franklin inspired her. William Wordsworth also inspired her . Leonard Humphery(Principal of Amherst Academy)had a great influence on her young active She wrote more than 1000 poems during her lifetime There is in Amherst, Mass a museum named after her. One of the most prestigious awards a writer/poet can get is the PSA award named after her Success Poem SUCCESS is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host 5 Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear 10 The distant strains of triumph Break, agonized and clear. I interpret her meaning of the poem is that what she feels of success. There are 2 literary terms in the poem. They are figure of speech, and rhyme. In conclusion about Emily Dickinson is that she wrote a poem about how success means to her.

She was inspired by Ben Franklin. The PSA award was named after her. She died of kidney cancer on May 15, 1886.