There existed a luminary in the American poetry milieu during the 19th century—a true maverick in her own right. Though shrouded in obscurity throughout her lifetime and ensconced within the familial manor past the threshold of her thirtieth year, the corpus of nearly 1,800 surviving verses that emerged posthumously served as a seismic tremor within the literary sphere, fashioning a novel legend amidst the prevailing tide of romantic verse. This radiant luminary of poesy was none other than Emily Dickinson. The famed aphorism “I could have endured the darkness if I hadn’t seen the sun” found its genesis within her quill. Enigmatic verses penned by Dickinson have ensnared the imagination…