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How did botany influence Emily Dickinsonās early studies?
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Emily Dickinson
Poet Emily Dickinson is one of American poetry's most singular and influential voices.
During her time at Amherst Academy, Emily Dickinson excelled in the sciences, with a particular interest in botany. A botany class she took at the academy served as a significant inspiration, leading her to assemble an herbarium. This collection contained a large number of pressed plants that she meticulously identified using their Latin names.12