concision and imagery,but Yeats never abandoned his strict adherence to traditional verse forms.He had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult, which was off-putting to some readers,but he remained uninhibited in advancing his idiosyncratic philosophy,and his poetry continued to grow stronger as he grew older.Appointed a senator of the Irish Free State in 1922,he is remembered as an important cultural leader,as a major playwright(he was one of the founders of the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin),and as one of the very greatest poets-in any language-of the century.W.B.Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 at the age of 73. Emily Dickinson In 1830,Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst,Massachusetts.She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley,but only for one year.Throughout her life,she seldom left her house and visitors were few.The people with whom she did come in contact,however,had an enormous impact on her poetry.She was particularly stirred by the Reverend Charles Wadsworth,whom she met on a trip to Philadelphia.He left for the West Coast shortly after a visit to her home in 1860,and some critics believe his departure gave rise to the heartsick flow of verse from Dickinson in the years that followed.While it is certain that he was an important figure in her life,it is not certain that this was in the capacity of romantic love-she called him"my closest earthly friend."Other possibilities for the unrequited love in Dickinson's poems include Otis P.Lord,a Massachusetts Supreme Court Judge,and Samuel Bowles,editor of the Springfield Republican. By the 1860s,Dickinson lived in almost total physical isolation from the outside world,but actively maintained many correspondences and read widely.She spent a great deal of this time with her family.Her father,Edward Dickinson,was actively involved in state and national politics,serving in Congress for one term.Her brother Austin attended law school and became an attorney,and lived next door with his wife Susan Gilbert.Dickinson's younger sister Lavinia also lived at home for herconcision and imagery, but Yeats never abandoned his strict adherence to traditional verse forms. He had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult, which was off-putting to some readers, but he remained uninhibited in advancing his idiosyncratic philosophy, and his poetry continued to grow stronger as he grew older. Appointed a senator of the Irish Free State in 1922, he is remembered as an important cultural leader, as a major playwright (he was one of the founders of the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin), and as one of the very greatest poets—in any language—of the century. W. B. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 at the age of 73. Emily Dickinson In 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, but only for one year. Throughout her life, she seldom left her house and visitors were few. The people with whom she did come in contact, however, had an enormous impact on her poetry. She was particularly stirred by the Reverend Charles Wadsworth, whom she met on a trip to Philadelphia. He left for the West Coast shortly after a visit to her home in 1860, and some critics believe his departure gave rise to the heartsick flow of verse from Dickinson in the years that followed. While it is certain that he was an important figure in her life, it is not certain that this was in the capacity of romantic love—she called him "my closest earthly friend." Other possibilities for the unrequited love in Dickinson’s poems include Otis P. Lord, a Massachusetts Supreme Court Judge, and Samuel Bowles, editor of the Springfield Republican. By the 1860s, Dickinson lived in almost total physical isolation from the outside world, but actively maintained many correspondences and read widely. She spent a great deal of this time with her family. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was actively involved in state and national politics, serving in Congress for one term. Her brother Austin attended law school and became an attorney, and lived next door with his wife Susan Gilbert. Dickinson’s younger sister Lavinia also lived at home for her