Dickinson is even more a poet , because she chose a very personal mode of publication , and eschewed the impersonal mode of the printed book or magazine . She selected her audience , from among her relatives and acquaintances , and wrote for their ears only . According to Smith , ``Dickinson 's `publications ' reveal her regard for language as a dynamic exchange between speaker /author and listener /audience and for poetry as an art fashioned in those processes (Smith 1992 , p . 73 . Dickinson frequently strayed...











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