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I raised issues with the article on August 25 and none were addressed, so I’ll just copy-paste what I posted there:

• At least eleven of Dickinson’s poems were dedicated to her sister-in-law Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson – Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson is not mentioned in the body, so this should probably moved to somewhere other than the intro
• Issues with tone, such as By all accounts, young Dickinson was a well-behaved girl, After reading it, she gushed, William Shakespeare was also a potent influence in her life, etc. ETA: Because of these tonal issues, I added {{essay-like}}.
• Prose is very choppy, with lots of one- and two-sentence paragraphs.
• Lots of [citation needed]s in the “Adulthood and seclusion” section.
• Many other sections have unsourced sentences.
• Unnecessary lists, such as under “Poetry” and “Modern influence and inspiration”.

ETA: Some of the uncited content was amended with sources to “LitHub”, but I’m not sure if that’s an RS. The other issues remain.

Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 18:07, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Issues raised in the review section include prose and sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:40, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]