in September 1838,when she was twenty.Her health brokeunder the stress ofthe 17-hour work day and she returned home in Apri 1839.Thereafter she becamethe stay-at-home daughter,doing most ofthe cookingand cleaning and teaching Sunday school. She taught herselfGerman out ofbooks and practised piano. Emily's health,like her sisters',had been weakened by unsanitary conditions at home [9],the source of water beingcontaminated by runofffrom the church's graveyard[10].She became sick duringher brother's funeral in September 1848.Though her condition worsened steadily,she rejected medical help and all proffered remedies,saying that she would have"no poisoning doctor"near her.[11]Sheeventually died oftuberculosis,on 19 December 1848 at around two in the afternoon.She was interred in the Church ofSt.Michael and All Angels family vault, Haworth,West Yorkshire II.Emily'ssubject matter As far as Emily's literary creation is concerned,she is,first of all,a poet. Her 193 poems,works ofstrange sublimity beauty,mostly devoted to the matter ofnature within September 1838, when she was twenty. Her health broke under the stress of the 17-hour work day and she returned home in April 1839. Thereafter she became the stay-at-home daughter, doing most of the cooking and cleaning and teaching Sunday school. She taught herself German out of books and practised piano. Emily's health, like her sisters', had been weakened by unsanitary conditions at home [9], the source of water being contaminated by runoff from the church's graveyard[10]. She became sick during her brother's funeral in September 1848. Though her condition worsened steadily, she rejected medical help and all proffered remedies, saying that she would have "no poisoning doctor" near her.[11] She eventually died of tuberculosis, on 19 December 1848 at around two in the afternoon. She was interred in the Church of St. Michael and All Angels family vault, Haworth, West Yorkshire. II. Emily’s subject matter As far as Emily’s literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a poet. Her 193 poems, works of strange sublimity & beauty, mostly devoted to the matter of nature with 5’