Background
The topic Dickinson was known for writing about.
What is death?
The 3 states one goes through in great pain, freezing.
1- cold
2- numb
3- over it, moved on
The emotion that follows great pain.
What is a "formal feeling"/numbness?
A word meaning remember.
What is recollect?
The war Emily Dickinson wrote about.
What is The Civil War?
What is the overall theme of 372?
What is pain/numbness?
The punctuation Dickinson uses frequently stylistically.
What is a dash/hyphen?
A dull, heavy metal.
What is lead?
The stage of Dickinson's life in which she became famous.
What is after death?
The text Dickinson references in 372.
What is the Bible?
Literary device used by Dickinson stylistically (not punctuation) to emphasize specific words.
What is capitalization?
A word indicating that one is on autopilot.
What is mechanical?
The person who found and published Dickinson's work.
Who is her sister?
What your pain becomes when it ends if you move past it.
What is a memory?
What Dickinson often used as the title of her poems.
What is the first line of the poem?
A word meaning to carry.
What is bore?
The style of poetry Dickinson used.
What is fourteener?
The meaning of the metaphor, "the hour of lead".
What is a sad time of dullness and heaviness?
The name of Emily Dickinson's husband.
TRICK QUESTION!
What is none?
A word meaning a state of numbness or near-unconsciousness.
What is stupor?