“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life burns well, poetry is just ash.” (Leonard Cohen) As humans thrive across time and space, they neglect the tiny details they endure, the truths they have seen unfold before their eyes, and the revelations the authors have poured onto paper. When thinking about literature, poetry does not immediately jump to attention and, among the various compositions, will remain forgotten. The poem itself, however, possesses some of the most glorious writers of the time, attracting thousands of readers with beautifully printed words. One of the most famous poets, Emily Dickinson, wrote nearly 1,800 poems during her lifetime, shaping our society today with writings written in her own hand. Miss Emily Dickinson, born December 10, 1830, in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, led an unusual lifestyle of seclusion beginning in her college years. (Emily Dickinson Biography, egs.edu) Although Dickinson had established herself as a successful student, displaying an array of skills in her studies, she found herself unable to attend the prestigious Amherst College school, founded by her grandfather, due to its feminine gender. (Emily Dickinson's Life, english.illinois.edu) After the rejection, she attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for a year until she wrote and asked her brother to take her home "anyway." (Emily Dickinson Biography, egs.edu) At this point, Dickinson had begun her path to isolation as her melancholic and drab ways led her into a constant depressive state, as well as a sickly contingency that would follow her for the rest of his life. time. To understand these various pieces of information… middle of paper… discomfort, if one were to read between the lines, many readers might take his poems as the frightened whimpering of a naïve child. In Dickinson's poem Will There Really Be A Morning?, her two little lines seem quite cheerful and childish, her idle mind wondering if "Is there such a thing as day? // I could see it from the mountains // If I were as tall as They?" (The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson, Bartleby.com) and, if observed correctly, readers might see that Dickinson questions life in the same way as another human being. The first line of the poem, however, shows fear that it might seem like a harmless question, but the fate lies with the reviewer. Dickinson led her life with the uneasiness of death and what waited behind her dark curtain with God watching over her, and when numerous poems were handed over for publication after her death, her voice lived on. for the rest of the time.