Topic > Work by Emily Dickinson - 1499

Dickinson said in a letter: "All men tell me 'what'"; readers are still asking "What?" in response to some of his poems. Emily wrote not for her time, but for the time ahead of her, the time that would be ready for her. Its misplaced rhyme, irregular meter and distorted grammar; makes her an innovator of poetic language and an influence on the poets of her time. Its originality places it in its era of poetry. To read it thoroughly, you need to read his poem at least 50 times, and each time with a different meaning. Along with an 1844 Webster's Dictionary by your side. Emily Dickinson lived in Amherst, Massachusetts until her death. His parents lived in Victorian society, during the 19th century. They were very strict about male and female roles. As some would say, she "exaggerated the female role" by choosing not to marry and to live alone in her father's house. Critics believe this was her way of going against women's rights. Being a woman of her time, she knew that her duties as a woman would never be fulfilled. Therefore, her solitude gave her the space to write her poems, freeing her from the duties of a woman. Emily Dickinson wrote letters and poems until the day she died. Although only five to ten poems were published during her time, it has become history and still seeks to be studied. Dickinson played with the construction. She wrote more poems, so undecided about the words that she placed them on top of each other. “She liked words and enjoyed reading Webster's Dictionary (1844).” Publishers in this sense had to choose a word when publishing his works. So we ask ourselves: is this really what he wanted it to be? Can a critic really try to interpret one of her poems without knowing whether the word Emily chose would be that of her sisters or her publisher? However stylistic she is in her writing, one must see the original print of her work. You need to know the original meaning of his words. He wrote in a secret language in which every letter, word, metaphor and noun has its own hidden meaning. The reason he wrote in fascicles was because his work was not intended to be printed. It takes away the hidden meaning, the enigma, the labyrinth of what he is trying to say.