Her poetry, although written in the mid-19th century, heralds modernism and the literary movements that followed, while exerting a strong influence on significant American and English-speaking poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. What makes her stand out is not only Dickinson's distinctive technique: the density of her language, the elliptical syntax, the poet's persistent focus on words, achieved with capital letters and her famous "dashes." Nor is it just her contemplative depth, originality, and slight irony, but, above all, Dickinson's unconventional and bold perspective, who did not hesitate to challenge the conservative social and religious views of her time, and – very importantly – to resist the prevailing poetic mandates. Dickinson carved her own solitary path, which, over time, proved to be the most groundbreaking and enduring.