emily dickinson (for real)

My apologies for the previous post. That was a list of all the things Emily Dickinson loves about marriage. But really, I hit the return key instead of the tab key. Woops.
Anyway, Emily Dickinson was a crazy. But only because she was so intelligent. Historical figures who have ideas that seem to apply perfectly to modern times have an overwhelming tendency to be overlooked in their own. After watching the wild documentary on Tuesday, I kind of thought about what Dickinson must have been like. After meditating on it randomly for about a week, this is what I have come up with:
In order to write poetry that is as truly revealing as Dickinson's, one must truly know himself/herself. In order to truly know oneself, you should spend as much time with yourself as possible. And clearly this is what Dickinson did. Now the question becomes that of the chicken or the egg: Did Emily isolate herself in order to know herself and her poetry. or did her obsession with poetry drive her to an extreme state of introversion? I am only educated on Miss Dickinson's condition to the extent of what I have learned in class, but this seems like a situation in which a vicious cycle could be at work. What I imagine (which is not necessarily true, but probably plausible -- as I am right often) is that Emily grew up with an introvert personality, which led her to express herself more through poetry than through conversation. And as she found more comfort in expressing her feelings, she became more invested in her work, which drove her further down the path of isolation as others were simultaneously drifting away from her.
And let's be honest, Emily was still living in a very patriarchal society. It's not like she could say, I'm tired of home, I'm going to go be an accountant. That stuff doesn't fly then. Either she marries someone and has his kids and tends the home, or she stays unmarried and tends the home. That would be enough to drive anyone mad. But again, I don't think she's mad, just a little introverted.