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The Genius of Emily Dickinson and Her Idiosyncrasies 

Emily Dickinson’s poetry is full of hyphens and capitalized words. Are these idiosyncrasies in her poetry a sign of her poetic genius? Emily Dickinson is famous for her idiosyncratic grammar, uncommon uses of punctuation, and seemingly random capitalization of words. Despite using typical poetic devices such as assonance, consonance, and alliteration in her works, her […]

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