19). The pains that Emily suffered from Susan may have contributed to her ever increasing reclusive tendencies.
Emily began writing poetry more seriously in 1858, when she was in her late twenties (Emily 17). In this time, she became extremely reclusive. Throughout her whole life she never traveled much at all. Except for schooling, a trip to Philadelphia due to eye troubles, one to Washington and a few trips to Boston, Emily rema
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