Elizabeth Ray
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She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December
10, 1830.
She had a brother, William Austin Dickinson and a
sister, Lavinia Norcross Dickinson.
For seven years she attended Amherst Academy.
She also attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary,
but she only stayed a year due to homesickness.
Only a dozen of her poems were published while she
was alive, most of those were greatly altered.
She died on May 15, 1886 from Bright’s disease,
which is a kidney infection .
After her death, her sister Lavinia found nearly 1800
of Emily’s poems.
The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, waking, finds the flower near.
"Wherefore, marauder, art thou here?"
"Because, sir, love is sweet!”
We are the flower, Thou the sun!
Forgive us, if as days decline,
We nearer steal to Thee,-Enamoured of the parting west,
The peace, the flight, the amethyst,
Night's possibility!
 Rhyme
Scheme:
A, A, B, C, C, B, A, D, E, F, F, E
 Meter:
The first verse is:
iambic quadrameter, iambic quadrameter, iambic trimeter, iambic
quadrameter, iambic quadrameter, iambic trimeter
The second verse is exactly the same.
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When his golden walk is done
Sits shyly at his feet
He [the sun], waking, finds the
flowers near
 As
the flowers follow the sun, the people
who love will follow the ones they love, even
if the affection is not returned.
 Love is always near.
 When
Emily Dickinson’s poems were first
published they were not looked upon
favorably.
 Willis Buckingham noted: “Readers liked her
“inspired” thoughts and emotions rather than
her poetic techniques”
 Modern critics appreciate her
accomplishments in language and poetic
structure.
 http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/155
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinso
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 http://www.enotes.com/emily-dickinsoncriticism/dickinson-emily-elizabeth
 http://www.poetryarchive.com/d/the_daisy_follows_soft_the_s
un.html