Fan Works
- Cinderjuice: Lydia references Emily Dickinson's poetry.
Literature
- Autobiography of Red contains repeated references to Emily Dickinson.
- One of her poems, #1748, is used as an epigraph.
- Herakles and Ancash are working on a documentary about her.
- Geryon gets a line from one of her letters stuck in his head.
- The title of the penultimate poem, "Photographs: #1748," echoes the epigraph.
- Hidden Talents: In one of Martin's English classes, the teacher reads out "Because I could not stop for Death". The first two lines make an impression on Martin.Everyone groaned when she pulled out a book of poetry, but I sort of liked the first part of the poem she read to us.Because I could not stop for death
He kindly stopped for me.I actually felt a chill when she read that. I didn't completely understand it, and I sure didn't understand the rest of the poem, but those two lines sounded pretty cool. - The Little Stranger: Emily Dickinson is described by Mrs. Ayres as "a rather exhausting poet".
- Possession: Christabel's style in poetry is strongly reminiscent of Emily Dickinson, who also drafted a series of mysterious, unsent letters to someone called "Master"
who's never been identified. And of course, there are elements of Browning's real-life wife Elizabeth Barrett - the romance between the two was legendary; and like Christabel, Barrett's work fell into a long period of unfashionable dismissal, before being reappreciated by feminist scholars. - Raving Lunacy: The poem "Thumbe-Hearte" is written exclusively as an extremified parody of William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson, and is only barely decipherable at best, and utter gibberish at worst, being written in faux Medieval English.
Live-Action TV
- In the Babylon 5 episode "Day of the Dead", Dodger and Garibaldi discuss the "any Dickinson poem can be sung to the tune of 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'" theory.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Owen comes by the library to borrow an Emily Dickinson anthology. Giles tries to play along when Buffy starts trying to flirt with Owen.Buffy: (clearly BS'ing) We're both fans.
Giles: Yes, uh, she's quite a good poet, I mean for a...
Buffy: A girl?
Giles: For an American. - Gilmore Girls: Max tells Rory's class about how Emily Dickinson understood people remarkably well despite spending most of her life as a hermit.
- The Good Place: In "The Selection Part 1: The Mission" it's revealed Shawn regularly tortures Emily Dickinson by making her listen to Joe Rogan's podcast.
- Interview with the Vampire (2022): In "Like Angels Put in Hell by God", after Claudia reads a collection of Emily Dickinson's poems, she hypothesizes that Dickinson was (or even is if she's still living) a vampire.Claudia: "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain." She also wrote one called "A Coffin Is a Small Domain." I mean, come on.
Louis: Emily Dickinson is not a vampire.
Claudia: How do you know?
Louis: 'Cause she's dead.
Claudia: How do you know?
Louis: She got a grave. She got a tombstone.
Claudia: So do you. - Millennium (1996): The episode quote for "Goodbye Charlie" is:"Let us go in;
The fog is rigging." - Person of Interest: In "Truth Be Told" the Machine's puzzle turns out to be "Cocoon Above! Cocoon Below!", a poem by Emily Dickinson.
- Torchwood: In "They Keep Killing Suzie" Max's Trigger Phrase that Suzie programmed into him to cause a complete lockdown on the Hub is reciting the poem "Because I could not stop for Death".
Music
- Simon & Garfunkel: "The Dangling Conversation" references Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost.
Video Games
- Criminal Case: Emily Dickinson and William Shakespeare are mentioned in Case 18: Over the Edge.
- Trinity includes a bunch of literary references, includes ones to Through the Looking Glass, Moby-Dick, Emily Dickinson, Alexander Pope, Walt Whitman, and Peter Pan.
Web Comics
- In Frederick the Great Emily appears as a goth ninja.
Western Animation
- Hey Arnold!: In "Phoebe Cheats", the trophy for the poetry contest is a statue of Emily Dickinson. After Phoebe wins with a plagiarized poem, she starts imagining the statue speaking to her and serving as her guilty conscience.
- The Simpsons: In "The Blunder Years", a hypnotist tells Homer that he is Emily Dickinson, but he ends up thinking he's Angie Dickinson instead.
- SpongeBob SquarePants: In "Sleepy Time", Gary quotes an Emily Dickinson poem in his dream. And while reading it, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Concerto 21 In C, 2nd Mvt." plays.
