Emily Dickinson, Infield
Emily Dickinson, Infield
Emily Dickinson
Born December 10, 1830 - Died May 15, 1886
"The half cracked daughter of Squire Dickinson" published barely a dozen poems during her life but wrote over 2,000. Her father, Edward, was a lawyer and dominating figure. Emily lived her entire 56 years in his house in Amherst, Massachusetts. Except for a few brief trips to Philadelphia, Washington and Boston, Emily did not leave the area. She spent one yeat at the South Hadley Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College).Dressed in white, surrounded by flowers, she quickly earned a reputation for being unusual, hermetic, and eccentric.
For siblings, emily had an older brother Austin, and a younger sister Lavinia. Her mother has been described as a gentle but colorless woman who was in every way subordinate to her husband. While Emily did not marry or have children, she did have several relationships.
With regard to her poetry. one commentator has this to say:
Dickinson's poetry is challenging because it is radical and original in its rejection of most traditional
nineteenth-century themes and techniques. Her poems require active engagement from the reader,
because she seems to leave out so much with her elliptical style and remarkable contracting
metaphors. But these apparent gaps are filled with meaning if we are sensitive to her use of devices
such as personification, allusion, symbolism, and startling syntax and grammar. Since her use of
dashes is sometimes puzzling, it helps to read her poems aloud to hear how carefully the words are
arrange. What might seem intimidating on a silent page can surprise the reader with meaning when
heard. It's also worth keeping in mind that Dickinson was not always consistent in her views and
they can change from poems, to poem, depending upon how she felt at a given moment. Dickinson
was less interested in absolute answers to questions than she was in examining and exploring their
"circumference." (Michael Myers in Thinking and Writing About Literature, 138-42
YEAR TEAM POS B.AVG At Bats Hits HR RBI ---- --------------- ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Dickinson, Emily 1992 Beats 2b .281 278 78 8 26 1993 Beats 2b .255 271 69 9 23 1994 Beats 2b .223 278 62 0 22 *Cosmic Seasons: 3 .253 827 209 17 71
YEAR TEAM ERA IP Won Lost Win Pct SO
---- --------------- ------ ---- ------ ------ --------- ------
Dickinson, Emily
1983 Virgins 3.91 223 10 14 .417 135
1984 Virgins 4.00 117 3 7 .300 50
1985 Virgins 3.87 279 19 12 .613 165
1986 Virgins 3.02 128 13 8 .619 65
TOTALS 3.70 747 45 41 .487 415
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