Who Is The Most Prolific Poet Of The 1800's

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Though largely unknown until after her death, Emily Dickinson was one of the most prolific poets of the 1800’s. Her melancholy, metaphoric poems sum up the emotions of her constricted and shy life. Many of her poems, such as her poem number 512, deal with moments of emotions breaking out. 512 contains somber imagery to convey the complex meaning that often human souls, and the humans themselves, break away from their anchored position, for better or for worse. The poem has a theme of rebellion, but being taken back by some force. Dickinson opens the poem by saying “The Soul has Bandaged moments, (Line 1)” which could be a metaphor for a weakened moment in which someone breaks away. She seems to be saying that that humans have moments

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