Emily Dickinson's Life
Emily Dickinson's Family
"This is my letter to the World"
Lines of Emily Dickinson's poetry
Literary Terms
100
The town in which Emily Dickinson was born and lived most of her life.
What is Amherst, MA?
100
The number of siblings Emily had
What is the number 2?
100
To whom the letter is addressed.
What is the World?
100
The simple News that Nature told --
What is "This is my letter to the World"?
100
The use of dashes that makes Dickinson's poetry distinguishable.
What is a caesura?
200
The two places Emily attended for school.
What is Amherst College and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
200
Surname of Emily Dickinson's mother
What is Norcross?
200
The subject of Dickinson's letter.
What is the simple news that nature told?
200
How public -- like a Frog --
What is "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"
200
A line consisting of three iambic feet.
What is an iambic trimeter?
300
The year of Emily's birth.
What is 1830?
300
Older brother of Emily Dickinson
Who is William Austin Dickinson?
300
The type of tone implied with the word "sweet."
What is a pleading tone?
300
To her divine Majority --
What is "The Soul selects her own Society"?
300
Another word for personification?
What is reification?
400
The month of Emily's death
What is May?
400
Emily Dickinson's father, prominent lawyer and exemplary citizen
Who is Edward Dickinson?
400
The way Emily wants the readers to judge her.
What is tenderly?
400
He kindly stopped for me --
What is "Because I could not stop for Death"?
400
The use of the word "Hands" to describe the readers
What is a synecdoche?
500
Possible reason why Emily wanted to isolate herself
What is the death of a loved one?
500
Sister of Emily Dickinson and person who found all of Emily's poems in a locked box
Who is Lavinia Dickinson?
500
The word used in line 6 to represent the readers that Emily cannot see?
What is "Hands"?
500
By those who ne'er succeed
What is "Success is counted sweetest"?
500
Meter of the line "The simple News that Nature told --"
What is an iambic tetrameter?
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