* Emily Dickinson contributed to American literature by her astonishing writings, which were quite original. In addition, she contributed through the usage of metaphors in her poems. And she inspired women in the time when women really needed some inspiration. * She served as an inspiration to poets for generations to come. She was also one of America's early female poets, allowing females to get into the literary world.
* She is one of the greatest -- if not THE greatest -- American poet of all time. I agree with Harold Bloom that she and Walt Whitman are the most important and influential.
* When she was alive, Emily Dickinson's poetry was not that well known. Only a few of these poems were actually published during her lifetime.
* Emily Dickinson served as an inspiration to poets for generations to come. She was also one of America's early female poets.
* She was perhaps the leading woman poet of her time. == ==
She often wrote about the beauty of nature.
She often wrote about the beauty of nature. More to the point, she started writing during the peak of the Romantic period, approximately 1800-1850.
He often wrote about the value of individual experience.
Emily Dickinson was associated with the literary movement of Romanticism, which emphasized individualism, emotion, nature, and imagination. She is often considered a pre-modernist writer for her innovative use of language and form.
John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley are Late Romantic writers. Lord Byron is also considered a Romantic writer, but he is sometimes classified as a pre-Romantic or early Romantic poet. William Blake is generally considered a precursor to the Romantic movement rather than a Late Romantic writer.
He rejects the traditional forms of The Age of Reason. He deals with supernatural and gothic things.
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During the nineteenth century, English poetry was dominated by the Romantic Movement, or Romanticism. Romantic poetry was different from the more classical approach to poetry. The Romantic poets focused on emotional and imaginative experiences rather than intellectual ones. They used "everyday" language and topics. They showed how the lives of common people were extraordinary. Shelley was one of England's greatest Romantic poets.
American romantic writers felt cities are center of ugliness and corruption.
Herman Melville was an American romantic writer who was a former sailor and wrote tales of the sea, most notably his novel "Moby-Dick."
The Dark Romanticism
Emily Dickinson was known to be introspective, reclusive, and deeply poetic. She was characterized as a prolific writer, often exploring themes of death, nature, and the self in her works. Dickinson's writing style was complex and innovative for her time.