Emily Dickinson

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• Emily Dickinson
• American poet
• 18301886

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Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst,
Massachusetts. She attended Mount Holyoke Female
Seminary in New England. but severe homesickness
led her to return home after one year. In the
following years, she seldom left her house and
visitors were scarce.
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Her poetry reflects her loneliness and the
speakers of her poems generally live in a state
of want.
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Her Materials And Style

• She confined her materials to the world of her
  small village, her domestic circle, her garden,
  and a few good books.
• Her style was simple yet passionate, and marked
  by economy and concentration.

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Her Works

• Dickinson wrote more than a thousand poems during
  her lifetime, but she published only seven.
• The first volume of her work was published in
  1890 and the last in 1955.

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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking

• What word does robin rhyme with?
• A. dolphin
• B. coffee
• C. prison

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What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

• If I can stop one heat from breaking,
• I shall not live in vain
• If I can ease one life the aching
• Or cool one pain,
• Or help one fainting robin
• Unto his nest again,
• I shall not live in vain

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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers 1. How
Many stanzas does this poem have? 2.What is
gale often associated with? A. windstorm
B. music C. traffic
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Im Nobody! Who Are You?

• 1. What is a frog" referred to as?
• A. nobody B. somebody C. the public
• 2. List two creatures living in a bog apart from
  frogs.
• 3. What would the big frog say to the little frog
  in the following picture?

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