艾米莉·狄金森是美国十九世纪文坛最杰出的女诗人，英美现代派诗歌先驱之一。她虽出身富裕，受到良好教育，却一生足不出户，退隐闺中。生活圈子虽然狭小，却没有禁锢她对灵魂深处的内省探求。或许是“因为在她所接触的狭小的天地里，有许多亲友邻人由于疾病、战争（内战和外 Emily Dickinson is one of the most outstanding female poets in the 19th century literary world in the United States and one of the pioneers of modern British and American poetic poetry. Although she was born rich, well educated, but life without leaving home, retirement boudoir. Although life circle is small, she does not imprison her introspective pursuit of the soul. Perhaps "because in the small world she touches, there are many relatives and friends who are sick due to disease, war (civil war and foreign war