This webpage is a handout for a course on Emily Dickinson's poetry. It features information about Dickinson's life, her poems, her style, and her themes including: the inner world; death; pain, separation, and ecstasy; love; God and religion, and nature. It also discusses Dickinson being labeled "the poet of dread." A syllabus is provided with links to Dickinson poems and handouts as well as a list of links to information about Dickinson, her poems, and analysis.