Why did Emily Dickinson start writing poems?

Answer 1

Emily had a very reclusive life. She spent her years living upstairs at her father's house. She wrote as her way to express her feelings to the outside world.

At the age of 17, Emily left for South Hadley, Massachusetts to attend the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. She stayed there less than a year. It was upon her return from Mount Holyoke that Emily began to write her very first poems. In the following years, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.

You can read more on her biography, poems and quotes at the following sites:

http://poems.writers-network.com/poet/emily-dickinson-5.html

http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson/

Answer 2

Emily Dickinson began writing poems as a way to express her thoughts and emotions in a creative and introspective manner. Writing provided her with an outlet to explore her inner world and make sense of her experiences, allowing her to engage with complex ideas and themes.

Answer 3

Emily had a very reclusive life. She spent her years living upstairs at her father's house. She wrote as her way to express her feelings to the outside world.

Answer 4

There is insufficient information here to identify which female poet is intended.