For 10 points, name this Belle of Amherst who penned "Because I could not stop for death."
In one work, this poet of "The Soul" describes one "defeated-dying" who hears the "distant strains of triumph." The author of "Success is Counted Sweetest", this poet's works were first collected in The Single Hound, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson was her mentor. Her characteristic use of slant rhyme and dashes can be seen in lines like "My life had stood—a loaded gun" and "I heard a fly buzz—when I died." For 10 points, name this Belle of Amherst who penned "Because I could not stop for death."
In one work, this poet of "The Soul" describes one "defeated-dying" who hears the "distant strains of triumph."
Emily Dickinson