What was strange about Emily Dickinson ?
Correct answer: A. She rarely left home
- A. She rarely left home
- B. She wrote in code
- C. She never attempted to publish her poetry
- D. She wrote her poems in invisible ink
Explanation
Emily Dickinson became famous for her secluded life and rarely left her family home in Amherst. The claim that she never attempted publication is less precise, since some poems appeared during her lifetime, often anonymously or in altered form.
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