10 Questions
What heavily influenced Emily Dickinson's poetry?
Metaphysical poets of seventeenth-century England
Which poet's work did Emily Dickinson admire besides that of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
John Keats
Why did Emily Dickinson avoid reading Walt Whitman's poetry during her lifetime?
Rumors of its disgracefulness
When was the first volume of Emily Dickinson's work published?
1890
How did Emily Dickinson assemble her poems into booklets known as 'fascicles'?
Folding and sewing five or six sheets of stationery paper
What style elements are present in Emily Dickinson's handwritten poems?
Variety of dash-like marks
Where did Emily Dickinson die?
Amherst
'Fascicles' referred to in the text are what?
'Fascicles' of poems
How did Emily's family discover her poems after her death?
In forty handbound volumes
What type of upbringing did Emily Dickinson have that influenced her approach to Christianity?
Puritan upbringing in a New England town
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