What is Dickinson’s catchphrase?

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Though a lot was not known about her during her life, she is now regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

Dickinson’s published poems were usually edited significantly to fit conventional poetic rules.

What is Dickinson’s catchphrase?

Dickinson’s catchphrase is; “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”

Her most famous poem is “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” which is ranked among the greatest poems in the English language.

The poem metaphorically describes hope as a bird that rests in the soul, sings continuously and never demands anything even in the direst circumstances.

Though Dickinson was a prolific writer, her only publications during her lifetime were 10 of her nearly 1,800 poems, and one letter.

Her poems were unique for her era as they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.