Emily Dickinson Collected Poems Author:Emily Dickinson With essays by Thornton Wilder and Elizabeth Jennings. — Known as a recluse by her New England neighbors, Emily Dickinson fashioned in private a body of verse unmatched in its vision and understanding. Though only seven of her poems were published during her lifetime, the subsequent discovery of her 'letter to the world' -- 1,775 poems in all -- ... more »established Emily Dickinson's reputation as one of the greatest poets of the English language. The subjects of these poems are as wide-ranging as their author's life was constrained: beginning always with particulars of experience, her poems encompassed life and death, love and longing, joyfulness and sorrow. With spare, precise language, she conveyed a penetrating vision of the natural world and an acute understanding of the most profound human truths. This edition collects the first four volumes of Emily Dickinson's works, representing the breadth of the poets themes and moods. Accompanying the poems are modern appraisals of her work, bringing fresh perspective to these poems.« less