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what is the name of the poem?
All but death can be
what is one thing that can’t be changed?
death
what did Dickinson’s poem help with?
Families, communities, etc.
what can people do according to the poem?
adjust or adapt
who wrote the poem?
Emily Dickinson
how many figurative languages were in the slides?
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what is the short message of the poem?
Everything can be changed except death
what does Dickinson use to make death seem like a person?
Personification
What does adjusted mean?
Changed or made better
what is the main idea of the poem?
people can get used to anything except death
what can people recover from
Mistakes, loss or gain
what does time help with?
Healing almost everything
how many sound devices were mentioned in the slides?
3
what kind of topics did Dickinson often write about?
Life , death, nature
what does the poem teach about life’s problems?
That they can be adjusted or made better
what does the word “all” in the title mean?
Everything in life
What makes death different from other problems?
It cannot be fixed or changed
What do people have to do many times in life according to the poem?
Adjust to new or hard things
What does Dickinson show us about human strength?
that people can handle almost everything
How is this poem like many of Dickinsons other poems?
It talks about death and life limits
why does Dickinsons use capital letters for words like death?
to show importance
what kind of tone does the author use in the poem?
calm or serious
what kind of writing pattern does the poem use?
short four line stanza
what lessons can the readers learn from the poem?
to accept that death is apart of life
what does the line "systems settle in their sockets" mean?
problems can be put back in order