Emily’s earliest friend Ben Newton was the one who guided her to explore the intellectual and spiritual world of Transcendentalism.

In The Letters of Emily, she wrote, “Mr. Newton was with my Father two years, before going to Worcester, in pursuing his studies, and was much in our family. I was then but a child, yet, I was old enough to admire the strength and grace, of an intellect far surpassing my own, and it taught me many lessons, for which I thank it humbly, now that it is gone. Mr. Newton became to me a gentle, yet grave Preceptor, teaching me what to read, what authors to admire, what was most grand or beautiful in nature, and that sublime lesson, a faith in things unseen, and in a life again, nobler and much more blessed. Of all these things he spoke-he taught me of them all, earnestly, tenderly; and when he went from us, it was as an elder brother, loved indeed very much, and mourned and remembered…..”

Ben Newton played an important role in the shaping of her poetic thought. Newton not only exposed Dickinson’s intellectual thoughts but also inspired her to be a devotee of nature. In her memory of Newton, Emily acknowledged her great debt to him. The most significance influence of Newton upon Dickinson lay in putting her in touch with the advanced thinking of that time, and in particular the writing of Emerson. Emerson also was a major influence upon Dickinson with his poems and essays. Dickinson was familiar with Emerson’s Transcendentalism. The appeal that Transcendentalism holds for Dickinson lies in the mystical harmonies of man and nature, the organic and ongoing processes of human life as well as nature.

Emily Dickinson's father, Edward Dickinson is stress on the education. He even sets up the library for his children, so they can self-educated. Moreover, he also builds a garden for Emily. The garden gives Emily more privacy and also keeps her in touch with nature. She cultivates her interest in nature in her secret place in her garden. Dickinson's inspiration of poems from her observation of creatures like bees and the view of landscape.

Household chore also inspire her to write poetry. She sometimes write at the back of the shopping list or recipes.

Emily Dickinson prefers to stay home and have an isolated life. New England means a lot to her, and the small living space that she has makes her more interest in searching for the meaning of nature.

Emily Dickinson has a special way of living. She associated with nature, and living animals. The landscape of New England, the changing of weather, flowers and birds are all the topics that she portrays in her nature poems. She has a great passion toward nature. She loves to embrace nature because it can mollify her soul and obtain peace. The love that she gives human and the society is all move to nature.

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"Nature" is what we see—

The Hill—the Afternoon—

Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—

Nay—Nature is Heaven—

Nature is what we hear—

The Bobolink—the Sea—

Thunder—the Cricket—

Nay—Nature is Harmony—

Nature is what we know—

Yet have no art to say—

So impotent Our Wisdom is

To her Simplicity.

From this poem, we can see she gives positive way to nature.

I found that Emily Dickinosn especially like spring from four of the seasons.

I'll continue to do the research that why she loves spring so much.

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Whitman's Preface Leaves of Grass

I didn't really fully understand what he was trying to say.

Walt Whitman said that America was a “poem” and itself was essentially the greatest poem. He tried to make America more unique and unite nation. I think at that time America was in a divided nation because of the problem of race. He attempted to make America an equal nation with justice and liberty.

The Significance of Emily Dickinson

There are significance of Emily Dickinson. Her joy and pain, triump and disaster are recorded in the words. Her niece Martha Dickinson Bianchi said,"Her letters are record of her external life, her poems are the journal of her mind and soul.

From this article, I found out Emily actually was well acquainted with her quick wit and captivating humor around the neighborhood when she was a little. People say she spent her life in the seclusion of a world, but actually she was closed to her intimate friends.

Dominant in her nature poems is the friendly spirit. Her poetry was mainly on life, nature, love, time and eternity. She has no fear of death and mortality, and joy was in her life. The pathos of her love is evident in the way she treasures memories of the past.

The reader of Emily Dickinson's poems is soon aware of an uplifting effect received from them; she writes with conviction and persuasion.

The Significance of Emily Dickinson

Donald F. Connors

College English, Vol.3, No.7(Apr.,1942),pp.624-633

Published by: National Council of Teachers of English

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The title of chapter twenty-three is “The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter.” I think that Dimmesdale will expose his sin to the townspeople. Chillingworth will not give up, and will follow Hester wherever she might go.

Once Dimmesdale reveals his sin, he won’t be able to live any longer because, as we saw, when he came back from the forest, he had a mental breakdown. The scarlet letter that he carved onto his chest will appall the townspeople so much, that and his body will not be able to support its weight anymore, and he will die shamefully.

After Dimmesdale dies, Hester will no longer have a reason to stay in the town and might flee to another town with Pearl, to a place that knows nothing of the scarlet letter or its wearer. I suspect that the two of them will live happily ever after.

The townspeople saw Emily Dickinson as an eccentric woman because she never went anywhere, and refused to go to church. Dickinson even hid from the visitors to the home. Dickinson liked to read and write riddles and make metaphors.

Emily Dickinson influenced the ways she thought and acted and developed her nature talent through the time, the place and even the atmosphere which was surrounded her. Some of Dickinson’s poems reveal her to be a keen and admiring observer of nature.

The Puritan background shaped her character. Dickinson spent most of her life and wrote most of her works in the Homestead.

The editor had problem revised Dickinson’s works because of her hadwriting and her untraditional punctuation. The editor didn’t name the title, instead he numbered the poems.