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Emily Dickinson grew up in a formidable Puritan family in Amherst, New England. In the beginning she was as much like her peers as any other child. As the years went on however, it would become clear that she was a singular person. The older Emily became, the more reluctant she became to leave home for even an hour at a time. During the last ten years of her life she refused to leave her …

…of the Transcendentalists and Metaphysicals, but it cannot be denied that she had a style all her own. Her poems "I Never Saw a Moor" and "Exultation Is the Going" relate her deep awareness of reality and the unknown. These two poems are undeniable similar in style, subject, and perspective. They are profound examples of the unexpected vast intellect and worldly observations of one 20th century woman who hardly ventured past her own front door.