Emily Dickinson: A Truly Remarkable Poet
             "I'm nobody. Who are you?" is the beginning line of one of Emily Dickinson's more famous poems. Dickinson had an impressive childhood full of family times and education. She had many influences in her life, including famous authors and close friends. Dickinson's last years were spent secluded in home with few outside contacts. Dickinson's most famous poem, "Because I could not stop for Death" is truly an interesting way of looking at death. Studying Emily Dickinson's early life, influences, and later life made understanding her poem "Because I could not stop for Death" much easier.
             The early life of Emily Dickinson was one of the stepping-stones that led to her wonderful writings. Emily Dickinson was born December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. One remarkable and absurd thing about Emily is that even though she only lived in one town and only house there are not many things known about her (Herzberg 260).
             Dickinson was born in a magnificent brick mansion that her grandfather built. Her family, who consisted of her father, mother, older brother, and younger sister, lived in the Amherst area in New England for eight generations. Dickinson's father Edward Dickinson was a notable lawyer in Amherst (Hart 174). Edward Dickinson was an aspiring politician and lawyer when Emily was born. (Dickinson later said her father was, "too busy with his beliefs to notice his children" (Unger197). Besides being the forerunning lawyer, Edward Dickinson served a term in Congress as a Whig. Emily Norcross Dickinson Dickinson's mother wasn't a very substantial person in her daughter's life. She lacked the disposition and drive to push her children (Kunitz 215). Dickinson's only brother William Austin Dickinson was one year older than her. Austin Dickinson, like his father, became a lawyer.
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