This study is an investigation of conceptual metaphors of social life in Emily Dickinson’s selected poems in the framework theory of Lakoff and Johnson (1980/2003), Kovecses (2010). In this paper, the structural metaphors, orientational metaphors and ontological metaphors will be analyzed to reflect the opinions of theirs about life, love, and sadness in the lyrics of the poets. The study is mainly carried out through the documentary analysis and descriptive study with the support of qualitative and quantitative approach. The results of this research show that there are twenty source domains of conceptual metaphors used to express social life. Finally, the research showed that conceptual metaphor is being in our everyday life.