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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson Worksheet
"The Souls Selects Her Own Society"
Lines 1-4:
QUESTION:
What can a reader infer from the soul's actions of selecting a society, closing a door, and no longer being present?
CONCLUDE:
What is the importance of these details in the text? Why did the author include these details?
"The Souls Unto Itself"
Lines 1-4
QUESTION:
What can a reader infer from the paradoxical descriptions: first the soul is described as an imperial friend and then as a spy and an enemy?
CONCLUDE:
What is important about these details in the text?
Why did Chaucer include these details?
"Fame is a Fickle Food"
QUESTION:
Why does the author repeat these consonant sounds?
CONCLUDE:
What quality do these repeated sounds create?
"They Shut me up in Prose"
QUESTION:
What can a reader infer from the speaker's assertion that she was in a closet and made to be "still"?
CONCLUDE:
What is the importance of these details in the text.?
"There is a Solitude of Space"
QUESTION:
Why does the speaker make a point of identifying different types of solitude?
CONCLUDE:
What is the effect of these details?
"I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died"
QUESTION:
What do these sensory details suggest about the speaker?
CONCLUDE:
What is the importance of these details?
"I'm Nobody! Who are You?"
QUESTION:
What idea is the author expressing about anonymity vs. fame and recognition?
CONCLUDE:
What do you infer about self-identity after reading the poem?