Statements (468)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:poet
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Amherst_College
gptkb:American_Romanticism gptkb:The_Belle_of_Amherst Transcendentalism |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:National_Book_Award
Posthumous recognition posthumous recognition None during her lifetime Posthumous recognition as a major American poet Poets' Corner induction Poets' Prize (posthumously awarded) Posthumous recognition by the Pulitzer Prize |
| gptkbp:birth_date |
December 10, 1830
1830-12-10 |
| gptkbp:birth_place |
gptkb:Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:born |
December 10, 1830
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| gptkbp:born_in |
gptkb:Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:West_Cemetery,_Amherst,_Massachusetts
gptkb:West_Cemetery,_Amherst |
| gptkbp:characteristic |
gptkb:Introspective
Innovative Eccentric Reclusive Reclusive lifestyle Exploration of inner thoughts Short lines Unconventional punctuation Use of slant rhyme |
| gptkbp:characters |
gptkb:Letters_of_Emily_Dickinson
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| gptkbp:collection |
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson
gptkb:The_Letters_of_Emily_Dickinson gptkb:The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson gptkb:Selected_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson gptkb:The_Essential_Dickinson gptkb:The_Life_and_Letters_of_Emily_Dickinson Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters Emily Dickinson: A Biography Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems and Letters Emily Dickinson: The Collected Poems Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems The Poems of Emily Dickinson: A New Edition |
| gptkbp:communication |
gptkb:George_Eliot
gptkb:Walt_Whitman gptkb:Thomas_W._Higginson gptkb:Helen_Hunt_Jackson |
| gptkbp:contains |
gptkb:Samuel_Bowles
gptkb:George_Eliot gptkb:Thomas_W._Higginson gptkb:Helen_Hunt_Jackson gptkb:Letters_to_Mabel_Loomis_Todd gptkb:Letters_to_Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson Letters to friends |
| gptkbp:contains_song |
Free verse
Approximately 1800 Quatrains Capitalization Short poems Short lines Slant rhyme Unconventional punctuation |
| gptkbp:contribution |
gptkb:poetry
American literature Feminist literature Themes of existentialism Innovative use of form and syntax Exploration of spirituality over 1800 poems Exploration of inner life Use of slant rhyme |
| gptkbp:death_date |
May 15, 1886
1886-05-15 |
| gptkbp:died |
May 15, 1886
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Mount_Holyoke_Female_Seminary
gptkb:Amherst_Academy |
| gptkbp:family |
gptkb:Austin_Dickinson
gptkb:Edward_Dickinson gptkb:Emily_Norcross_Dickinson gptkb:Lavinia_Dickinson Austin Dickinson (brother) Edward Dickinson (father) Emily Norcross Dickinson (mother) Lavinia Dickinson (sister) |
| gptkbp:famous_for |
gptkb:Symbolism
Imagery introspection emotional depth innovative use of form Philosophical depth Innovative use of language Reclusive lifestyle Innovative use of punctuation Exploration of nature Exploration of time Exploration of identity Exploration of the human condition Exploration of spirituality Innovative use of form Intense emotional expression Exploration of love Use of metaphor Exploration of faith Exploration of mortality Exploration of love and loss Themes of death and immortality Unconventional punctuation and capitalization Exploration of complex themes Exploration of inner thoughts Exploration of the unknown Exploration of existence Exploration of the self Exploration of the personal Exploration of the spiritual Exploration of the universal Exploration of the afterlife Exploration of solitude Exploration of the metaphysical Exploration of the mundane Themes of solitude Exploration of the existential Exploration of existential questions Unique capitalization Exploration of nature and its beauty Exploration of the mind and consciousness Exploration of time and eternity Introspective style Use of slant rhyme Correspondence with friends and family Unique voice in poetry Nature and the human experience Exploration of the cultural Exploration of the emotional Exploration of the historical Exploration of the literary Exploration of the philosophical Exploration of the psychological Exploration of the societal Exploration of the abstract Exploration of the artistic Exploration of the collective Exploration of the concrete Exploration of the ephemeral Exploration of the eternal Exploration of the extraordinary Exploration of the fleeting Exploration of the individual Exploration of the intangible Exploration of the invisible Exploration of the known Exploration of the ordinary Exploration of the profound Exploration of the tangible Exploration of the timeless Exploration of the visible Short lines and stanzas Unique voice in American literature Short, compact poems exploration of themes of death and immortality |
| gptkbp:famous_quote |
“ The heart wants what it wants.”
“ Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me.” “ Hope is the thing with feathers.” “ I dwell in Possibility.” “ The soul should always stand ajar.” “ There is no Frigate like a Book.” “ A word is dead when it is said.” “ I cannot live with You.” “ The brain is wider than the sky.” “ This is my letter to the world.” |
| gptkbp:famous_work |
gptkb:I_heard_a_Fly_buzz_-when_I_died
Because I could not stop for Death Hope is the thing with feathers There is no Frigate like a Book |
| gptkbp:first_published |
1890
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| gptkbp:friend |
gptkb:Kate_Anthon
gptkb:Mabel_Loomis_Todd gptkb:Thomas_W._Higginson gptkb:Helen_Hunt_Jackson gptkb:Susan_Gilbert_Dickinson gptkb:Kate_Scott_Anthon Abiah Root |
| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:poetry
Lyric poetry |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Emily Dickinson
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| gptkbp:influence |
gptkb:Elizabeth_Bishop
gptkb:Louise_Glück gptkb:Maya_Angelou gptkb:Virginia_Woolf gptkb:Adrienne_Rich gptkb:Sylvia_Plath gptkb:Anne_Sexton American literature Feminist literature Modernist poetry Confessional poetry contemporary poetry feminist literature contemporary poets Contemporary poetry modern poetry Modern poetry Modernist poets Poetry in English modernist poets |
| gptkbp:influence_on |
gptkb:Elizabeth_Bishop
gptkb:Adrienne_Rich gptkb:Sylvia_Plath gptkb:Anne_Sexton gptkb:Marilynne_Robinson gptkb:Robert_Frost Feminist literature Contemporary poetry |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Robert_Lowell
gptkb:Elizabeth_Bishop gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace gptkb:Billy_Collins gptkb:Ted_Hughes gptkb:Frank_O'_Hara gptkb:Joy_Harjo gptkb:Louise_Glück gptkb:Maya_Angelou gptkb:Ocean_Vuong gptkb:Rita_Dove gptkb:Mary_Oliver gptkb:Seamus_Heaney gptkb:Virginia_Woolf gptkb:John_Ashbery gptkb:Adrienne_Rich gptkb:Sylvia_Plath gptkb:Anne_Sexton gptkb:Ada_Limón gptkb:Marilynne_Robinson gptkb:Natasha_Trethewey gptkb:Claudia_Rankine gptkb:Robert_Frost Feminist literature feminist literature Contemporary poets modern poetry Modern poetry Modernist poets |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:William_Wordsworth gptkb:Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning gptkb:John_Keats gptkb:Walt_Whitman gptkb:Romanticism Transcendentalism |
| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:Romanticism
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| gptkbp:inspiration |
gptkb:Nature
gptkb:Sylvia_Plath gptkb:Anne_Sexton gptkb:Walt_Whitman gptkb:Robert_Frost gptkb:religion gptkb:literature gptkb:death gptkb:philosophy Personal experiences nature immortality Religious themes Philosophical questions Contemporary poets Future generations of writers Nature and her surroundings Nature and the world around her |
| gptkbp:inspired |
gptkb:Emily_Dickinson_Museum
gptkb:Dickinson_College biographies scholarly studies numerous adaptations |
| gptkbp:inspired_by |
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau gptkb:Emily_Brontë gptkb:William_Wordsworth gptkb:Charles_Dickens gptkb:Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning gptkb:John_Keats gptkb:Robert_Browning gptkb:George_Eliot gptkb:Charlotte_Brontë |
| gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:poetry Imagery Lyric poetry Concise language Themes of existentialism reclusive lifestyle Innovative use of form and syntax Innovative use of punctuation Exploration of identity Exploration of faith Exploration of complex themes Exploration of inner thoughts Exploration of the self Unconventional capitalization Exploration of doubt |
| gptkbp:legacy |
gptkb:cultural_icon
Influence on modern poetry Literary criticism Influence on American literature Influence on feminist literature Influenced modern poetry Exploration of mental health Exploration of gender roles Influence on future poets Feminist readings Cultural icon in American literature Exploration of identity subject of academic studies Adaptations in various media Influence on future generations of poets Subject of biographies Adaptations in film and theater Exploration of spirituality Feminist literary studies Scholarly studies Inspiration for music and art Subject of literary analysis Inspiration for music Inspiration for adaptations Inspiration for music compositions Subject of numerous biographies Subject of numerous biographies and studies Poetic form experimentation subject of numerous biographies Exploration of societal norms subject of many biographies influenced the feminist movement influential figure in American literature icon of women's literature inspiration for adaptations in film and theater Considered a major American poet Inspiration for many writers widely regarded as one of the most important American poets inspired numerous adaptations in literature and art |
| gptkbp:letterer |
gptkb:Letters_of_Emily_Dickinson
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| gptkbp:literary_movement |
gptkb:American_Modernism
gptkb:American_Romanticism gptkb:Romanticism gptkb:Modernism Transcendentalism Feminist literature |
| gptkbp:lives_in |
gptkb:The_Homestead,_Amherst
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| gptkbp:narrative_style |
gptkb:Symbolic
gptkb:Introspective Philosophical free verse abstract imagery Imagistic metaphysical poetry |
| gptkbp:narrative_theme |
gptkb:Death
gptkb:Hope gptkb:Isolation gptkb:Love gptkb:Nature gptkb:Time gptkb:Immortality gptkb:identity |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:American
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| gptkbp:nickname |
gptkb:The_Belle_of_Amherst
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| gptkbp:notable_burials |
gptkb:West_Cemetery,_Amherst,_Massachusetts
gptkb:West_Cemetery,_Amherst |
| gptkbp:notable_work |
gptkb:The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson
gptkb:I_heard_a_Fly_buzz_-when_I_died Because I could not stop for Death Hope is the thing with feathers Poems by Emily Dickinson There is no Frigate like a Book A narrow Fellow in the Grass Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series 1 |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:poet
Letter writer |
| gptkbp:place_of_birth |
gptkb:Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:posthumous_recognition |
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson
gptkb:The_Letters_of_Emily_Dickinson gptkb:The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson gptkb:The_Letters_of_Emily_Dickinson_(1894) 1890 Poems by Emily Dickinson Celebrated in literary circles Commemorated in museums Widely regarded as one of the most important American poets Widely studied in academia Emily Dickinson: Selected Letters Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems Emily Dickinson: A Biography The Poems of Emily Dickinson: A New Edition More than 1,800 poems Most of her work widely regarded as one of the most important American poets Honored in poetry anthologies Poems by Emily Dickinson (1890) |
| gptkbp:published |
Few poems during her lifetime
Only a few poems during her lifetime |
| gptkbp:published_work |
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson
gptkb:The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson |
| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:feminism
Transcendentalism |
| gptkbp:relationship_with |
gptkb:Thomas_W._Higginson
gptkb:Susan_Gilbert_Dickinson |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:resides_in |
gptkb:Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:resting_place |
gptkb:West_Cemetery,_Amherst,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:sibling |
gptkb:Austin_Dickinson
gptkb:Lavinia_Dickinson |
| gptkbp:style |
gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:poetry Free verse Imagery Lyric poetry Conciseness Reclusive free verse Quatrain Innovative use of form and syntax Reclusive lifestyle Unconventional punctuation and capitalization Short lines Slant rhyme Unconventional punctuation short lines slant rhyme unconventional punctuation Unique and innovative Use of slant rhyme Reclusive and introspective |
| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:Death
gptkb:Isolation gptkb:Love gptkb:Nature gptkb:Immortality gptkb:death gptkb:identity gptkb:time love nature faith immortality isolation |
| gptkbp:themes |
gptkb:Death
gptkb:Love gptkb:Nature gptkb:Immortality gptkb:identity |
| gptkbp:writings |
American literature
Feminist literature Influence on American literature Exploration of existential themes Exploration of psychological depth Pioneering modernist poetry Lyrical expression Innovative use of metaphor |
| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:The_Complete_Poems
gptkb:The_Collected_Poems gptkb:I_heard_a_Fly_buzz_-when_I_died Because I could not stop for Death Hope is the thing with feathers There is no Frigate like a Book |
| gptkbp:year |
Health issues
Limited social interactions Spent in isolation Focused on writing Death from kidney disease |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Edward_Albee |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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