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Emily Dickinson is known as one of the greatest poets of history. She is remembered as a legend and an inspiration to many young writers still, today. Dickinson's way of writing "came out of nowhere," or so people thought. She felt that she had more freedom to write about her feelings and emotions if she published them anonymously; in her time, this form of writing would go against "appropriate writing styles." Because Dickinson's poetry was about her life and some of the things she experienced within her life, she kept her work mostly to herself. This was because she was scared of what other people would think about it. Most of her poems express an idea or an experience she has had. I feel that this is so the audience can relate to her more.. 1203909777

There's something about Dickinson that is so unique and stands out from other poets. She writes about the inner self and spirit of individuals. She expresses her self by writing hundreds and hundreds of poems, just so she can release any emotions inside that she wishes to become alive. She was very insecured about her poems and her life, which contributes to the reason why she prefers to be an anonymous poet. She wants people to ponder how her poems affected her self, not only that but how the poems can affect them too. She really has a thing for writing poems with rythms and beats, and slant ryhmes that's all so good. It's a whole new different style of writing poems. I like that when I learn about each poet I get a new idea of how to write about poems poet after poet. 1203959322

I agree with MBu. Dickinson has such a unique way of writing, and what I really like about her is she writes about a variety of things. A couple of the poems we have read so far have been about death, some have been telling stories ( A bird came down the walk), and some have been expressing opinions. The thing I like most about her poems are the rhyming schemes, although they don't really stand out that much. Dickinson still influences poets today, and Im sure alot of them look at her work such as we did in class and even try to write poems like she did, also what we did in class. What we've read in class so far as Dickinsons poetry and also life go, she seemed like a interesting poem, although I can't understand why she wanted her poems anyomous? Her family knew about her writing poetry, but not as much as she really did. Overall, Dickinson is definitley the most interesting poet we've discussed all year, I had been a little bored with the other poets, but I have had a easy time interpreting and discussing Emily Dickinsons poetry. 1203976711

As Br.Tom had us start writing our emily dickenson poems he had some ryhming in his explenation. And said that we need some rhyming in our poems. But i discovered a problem today as i was casualy reading our packet i realized how little she rhyms. I have no problem with that but i was just wondering where Dickenson ryhms in her poems because so far i have not seen it anywhere, with the exeption of mabey one poem. However i do like how she uses quatrains(probably spelled wrong). The reason i like them is because it just makes it easier to read for some reason. I also like how she uses smaller lines, much smaller lines that Walt Whitman. **MSE**

I personally do not really like Emily Dickinson's writing style. I find her poetry to be very boring. I think I dont find it very interesting is becasue I do not like poetry very much, and Emily Dickinson's style makes it even harder to understand the poems we read in class. I also don't really like all the hyphens she uses in her poems, I don't really get why she uses them all over her poems. I also don't really like how she uses beats in her poetry, when I was writing my poem in class in a Emily Dickinson sort of way I found it hard to get the beats right. The only thing I like about her poems is that they rhyme sometimes and the fact that she writes about life. 1203989840

I never really knew or thought Emily to be a great poet. When we first started to read about her in class I thought she was just s psycho with some of these crazy poems we read that I just couldn’t seem to wrap up in my head. But once we started to not just read in class but take apart these poems stanza by stanza my opinion really changed about her. Emily has a writing style that is so amazing because it completely unique to here, I believe if I read a poem know I could place it as if Emily wrote it or someone else. I love the way she compares things to each other with her slant rhyme and different rhythm that’s not perfect but in the end it seems like it would work any other way. I like the poems where she talks about simple events like the bird on the walk, I could wrap my imagination around such a perfect picture of the bird it’s as if it were in front of me. Emily didn’t write to impress her time I believe, she wrote from the heart and she wrote to be different and for Emily it really worked well, we need more people like Emily that challenge the limits and don’t do what’s the normal thing but they become creative with a whole new sense of how everything meshes together. Work like this really challenges the human brain and I believe that has to be one of the healthiest things for it. 1204056732

Emily Dickinson is a peom genous! Her poems are so confusing. Even though I dont like them one bit, they make you think and she makes you read them several times. Well, atleast for me I have to read them several times. I also like how everything ties together and she makes things into riddles. I hate poetry so much but I have never read poerty like this. She leaves my head spinning. She has a weird grammar too. She capalizes random words in the poem. It just makes my head spin just a little more. Just the fact that everything is a riddle is a little confusing. She also uses metaphors and similies to explain and trys to make us figure out what she is talking about. She is very unique I do not know a writer like her. She also uses many differnt objects to describle the poem. Like for example she used a house to describe the objects in the ocean. She is a very creative and smart writer. Her work is like no one elses she is oone of a kind. ale2

I really like the style of Emily Dickinson's poems. Sure sometimes they are hard and difficult to understand, but I always understand them in the end and they always have a really good meaning to them. Emily Dickinson wrote all of her poems in journals and she never knew people would read them. She wrote from her heart, and wrote what she felt. I think that when people right about the truth and about what they truly believe in, thats when people can relate the most. People tried to change the way her poems were written. Because they were different or because they weren't the "appropriate writing style". But i feel like a poets writing should never be changed, because it is theres and that is the way the intended it to be. Every author and poet has their own unique style. That uniqueness is what makes them stand out from the others and it is what makes them, them. If everyone wrote the same it would get boring. One unique thing about Emily Dickinson's writing, was her use of "-". She always uses them and people don't know why. Some people tried to change them and take them out, but I don't think it is the same with out them. Another unique thing is the choice of capitalization. Emily capitalizes many words, some that most people don't. This is very creative and I don't think there is any reason for it to be taken out. I really like Emily Dickinson and her writing. I cant wait to read more poems by her. 1204086446

I find Emily Dickinson's writing style to be very pleasing, giving a very natural feeling. Not only do the verses roll off your tounge to her constructed beat, but she often talks about things that are in nature, using words that we often identify with nature. This produces very powerful poetry, powerful with her aspects of nature as well as her beats which builds the anticipation, leading to very climactical poetry. Her use of words brings vivid imagery into our minds, she makes us invision what she is speaking of, manifesting her poetry into something we can visually understand, which has a deeper meaning. 1204136659

I have read many poems from many different authors in my life, and Emily Dickinson's style of writing has something that stands out from all of the rest. It's hard to explain becuase feelings and types of emotions are unexplainable but i will try my hardest to get my point across. The way in which you really have to focus on what Dickinson is saying is i think one of her ways in making you pay attention to details. She also uses many comparisons in her works. These comparisons are things that i would never think of comparing. She has a way of creating her poem in and orginization where her beats are all uniform. Her slant ryhme scheme is interesting and is something that i have never seen until i was introduced to her poetry. I think that in order to make a statement you have to be different. Emily Dickinson is different. She discusses everyday experiences or sceneries that we encounter everyday, but then skews them to make them interesting and intruiging. I think her wallflower lifestyle and introverted personality also makes her poetry what it is. She keeps things hidden and to herself and in her poetry there are hidden messages you have to pick out to understand. She also had the ability to stretch her imagination by never going out with friends and being caged by what the material world has began to make us think. She finds the details in everything amazingly and writes them perfectly. Although i do need help still to understand her poetry entirely, i like the style of it and i respect the work she has done. 1204161528

I think Emily Dickinson was by far one of the better poets I have been introduced to. Sometimes I feel like I'm playing mind games with my brain. 1204262859 1204262576