Emily Dickinson Study Guide
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“My Life closed twice before its close” (page 426) Main Idea:__She has experienced two profound losses._
What does the speaker mean when she says “My Life closed twice before its close”?_She has suffered twice.__.The speaker says it is hard to imagine __a third loss.
“The Soul selects her own Society”(page 426) Main Idea:_The soul makes a definitive decision. Example of alliteration:_The Soul selects her own Society.__The speaker is saying the soul_chooses friends very carefully.The emperor represents wealth.
“I heard a Fly buzz when I died” (page 431) Main Idea:_You can’t plan for everything. Interruptions can occur.The speaker compares the “Stillness in the Room” to the _quiet moments between thunder. The line “The Eyes around had wrung them dry” means that people had been crying.
The speaker gives her belongings away to others. The line, “I could not see to see” means the speaker was suddenly blinded because she died.
“Because I could not stop for Death” (page 434) Main Idea:__Speaker did not have time to die so Death came to her._
3 Examples of personification:_”Or rather-He (sun) passed us”; Immortality (rode in the carriage); He (Death) kindly stopped for me. In the first stanza, Death _pauses to pick her up. What is the speaker saying about time in the last stanza?_Hundreds of years passed by like days. The House represents a grave. The mood of the poem is _acceptance. In the last stanza the Horses pull the carriage driven by Death.
“There’s a Certain Slant of Light”
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The late afternoon winter light represents when a person thinks of death.
Emily Dickinson’s Biography
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Dickinson spent most of her life staying inside her father’s house.
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Dickinson’s life is best described as reclusive.
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She wrote her poems everywhere but her journal.
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Her poetry was first published after she had been dead for 70 years.
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