“She dwelt in seclusion, socially, physically, and psychologically” (Monro 81). It wasn’t because she was an invalid, rather, “Miss Dickinson became a hermit by deliberate and conscious choice” (Tate 83). “She had tried society and found it lacking” (Todd 78). Allen Tate writes, “if it were necessary to describe her seclusion with disappointment in love there would remain the problem between what her seclusion produced and how it was viewed” (Tate 83).Her most vivid symbol would be nature, and this is where she allows so many of her deepest feelings to run free. Nature allows Miss Dickinson to be herself and to find herself. This is her only connection to her God, and it is in nature that she finds her strengths. She believes that there is a God, but where he is, she does not know. The only thing she feels sure about is the fact that she is going to die, and when she does, her soul will live on in some way. Her seclusion is a main factor because she wishes to separate herself from the outside, creating in her a more simple heart. She believes that once a person is alone from the world they are separated from the corruption. Miss Dickinson made this choice to deal with her own depression in this way.Miss Dickinson may have been very psychologically disturbed, but the impact she has left on our society is amazing. No other poet could compare with the deep emotion that is so carefully placed in her works. She has amazed many critics with her forms and she will continue to do so as long as people will take the time to not only read her poems in their heads but also with their minds, hearts, and souls....
