How Emily Dickinson’s Poems Inspired My Sense Of Individuality
logo News Live Now Opinion Videos How Emily Dickinson’s Poems Inspired My Sense Of Individuality RUDRANI GUPTA 11 months ago Emily Dickinson Shy but rebellious, recluse but unapologetic and independent – she was Emily Dickinson. A renowned poet Dickinson became the harbinger of confessional poetry in English Literature. Not only that but this American poet’s poems and distinct lifestyle as a woman embodied feminism at the time when it was still beginning to gain momentum. The most important characteristic of her poems and personal life was the affirmation of a woman’s identity, independence and agency over her life. Read on to know why she is an inspiration for a modern woman like me. Emily Dickinson was born in a family where the father was the patriarchal figure and women were expected to be confined to the kitchens. The gender roles were divided between men and women – men occupying the financial space while women were confined within marriage, religion, motherhood and domesti...