AuthorSpeak: Emily Dickinson Free Poster
Though she achieved very little literary fame during her lifetime, Emily Dickinson is regarded today as one of America’s most celebrated and unique poets. In an 1870 letter to her acquaintance Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Dickinson explained her definition of poetry, saying, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” Display this famous quote in your classroom with this free printable poster.
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