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Romantic Loves in her Life: Emily's name has been romantically associated with a number of people. However, whether by design or by co-incidence, all her love affairs seemed doomed for failure from the start -- as her objects of desire were almost always unattainable. Reverend Charles Wadsworth, a married man with children, whom she met on a rare visit to Philadelphia in 1855, has been mentioned as one of her major loves. She called him "my dearest earthly friend....whom to know was life" (Quoted by Bingham, 8) and corresponded with him through letters for years. Others, who received Emily's romantic ardor include Samuel Bowles, editor of the "Springfield Republican," Judge Lord, a friend of her father, and at least one young woman, a school mate named Susan Gilbert who eventually married Emily's brother, Austin.

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In some of her poems and letters (that were never posted) Emily mentions her unrequited love as "Master." The exact nature of her relationship with her "Master" or "Masters," or even their exact identity, remains a mystery.

Last years, Death and Legacy: Emily became increasingly isolated from the world and kept to herself during the last years of her life. Even while living as an eccentric recluse, she stuck to her daily routine of doing her household chores during the day and writing poetry at night -- poetry that was bold in both theme as well as form. After she died at the age of 55 in 1886, her poetry was widely published and Emily Dickinson was duly recognized as one of the greatest poets of the 19th century.

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