Emily Dickinson
From which town and state is Emily Dickinson from?
Amherst, MA
This may be Emily Dickinson's most famous poem. In it she talks about take a ride with death.
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using the connecting words "like" or "as." EXAMPLE: Love is a battlefield.
Metaphor
The arrangement and style of a poem is called _____________?
Poetic Form
What is the pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of lines?
Rhyme Scheme
What two words were famously written on Emily Dickinson's Epitaph?
"Called Back"
In this Poem Emily Dickinson states that those who do not succeed often value it the most.
Success is Counted Sweetest
A word that sounds like what it means. EXAMPLE: Buzz! Click! Bang! Whoosh!
Onomatopoeia
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the readers.
Theme
A series of words strung together to form a piece of a stanza.
Line
First and Last name answer required. It is thought that Emily Dickinson had intimate feelings for a lady named ________?
Susan Gilbert
The poem suggests that it is good to tell the truth - but with a slightly different spin.
Tell all the Truth, but Tell It Slant
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
The attitude the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character----serious, humorous, sarcastic, etc.
Tone
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
Stanza
Emily Dickinson attended seminary for 10 months before dropping out. What was the name of this seminary?
Mount Holoyoke
In this poem the writer tries to capture the moment that she dies and she hears the sound of an insect.
I heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
A figure of speech where the writer purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. It is used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous.
Hyperbole
An object or action that means something more than the literal meaning.
Symbol
A poem that has a regular rhythmic pattern is said to have ___________, and it gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm.
Meter
Emily Dickinson wrote a series of letters to an individual of which she gave the same title. This series was called the __________?
The Masters Letters
This poem can be interpreted in a variety of ways. Some think it is a love poem, others think it reviews the power of a woman.
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
This means to give something not human, human characteristics.
Personification
Poetry without a consistent meter, rhyme, or stanza length is called ________?
Open Form
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.
Rhythm