What was peculiar about Emily Dickinson's life as she aged? A. She renounced religion. B. She became obsessed with death. C. She had many love affairs. D. She chose not to leave her house.
What does the "blue - uncertain, stumbling buzz" in the poem, "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," mean?
Emily Dickinson committed to a life of the mind and reading, choosing the ideal versus the actual in many cases. Why did she retreat to the family homestead to live inside her head?
Did Emily Dickinson and Louisa May Alcott meet?
Analyze and explain the poem "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died" by Emily Dickinson. Identify the main formal features of this passage.
Analyze and explain the poem "They Shut Me Up in Prose" by Emily Dickinson. Identify the main formal features of this passage.
In A Bird Came Down the Walk, how did the bird act when it didn't know that the speaker was watching?
Where does A Bird Came Down the Walk take place?
What is the climax of A Bird Came Down the Walk?
How does Dickinson establish mood in A Bird Came Down the Walk?
What is the most important line in the poem A Bird Came Down the Walk?
How does Dickinson address the idea of natural beauty as sublime in A Bird Came Down the Walk?
What is the rhyme scheme of A Bird Came Down The Walk?
What kind of poen is A Bird Came Down the Walk?
In A Bird Came Down the Walk, what does the phrase 'too silver for a seam mean'?
In A Bird Came Down the Walk, what does the phrase 'rowed him softer home' mean?
What is the main theme of "A Bird Came Down the Walk"?
How does Dickinson portray nature in A Bird Came Down the Walk?
Who is the speaker in A Bird Came Down the Walk?
What sort of tone does Dickinson use in A Bird Came Down the Walk?
Are there any poetic devices used in 'A Bird came down the walk' such as similies, metaphors, or aliteration?
Rewrite your jumbled stanza using only the words provided. drove haste
Why was Hope is the Thing with Feathers written?
Is Hope is the Thing with Feathers an ode?
Why did Emily Dickinson write Because I could not stop for Death?
Is Because I could not stop for Death a sonnet?
Is "Because I Could not Stop for Death" a narrative?
Who published Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson?
How many poems and fragments did Emily Dickinson write?
Who wrote Because I Could Not Stop for Death?
When was Because I Could Not Stop for Death written?
What is Because I Could Not Stop for Death about?
How did Elizabeth Barrett Browning influence Emily Dickinson?
Compare and contrast the view of death in the two poems "Do Not go Gently in to that Good Night" and "Because I could not stop for Death".
Explain lines 4 and 5 of "The Silken Tent."
In The Soul selects her own Society, how does the soul shut out those she does not choose?
In Emily Dickinson's poem The Soul selects her Society, why is the meter in lines 10-12 different from the meter of the first two stanzas?
In the poem The Soul selects her own Society what is realistic about Dickinson's idea of how people select their companions?
Compare and contrast The Soul selects her own Society and The Silken Tent.
What are examples of poetic devices used in My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close?
What do the 'boots of lead' in I felt a Funeral, in my Brain symbolize?
How is the line 'And then a Plank in Reason, broke' in I felt a Funeral, in my Brain a metaphor?
What do the following lines from I felt a Funeral, in my Brain mean? 'creak across my soul with those same boots of lead, again. Then space began to toll'
What is the form of the poem I felt a Funeral, in my Brain?
What is the tone of I felt a Funeral, in my Brain? Does it change throughout the poem?
Discuss the use of extended metaphor in I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.
What are the 'mourners' in I felt a Funeral, in my Brain?
How do Dickinson's structural choices contribute to the development of a central idea in I felt a Funeral, in my Brain?
What is the theme of "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain"?
According to Much Madness is divinest Sense, what does a person have to do to be considered 'sane'?
In Emily Dickinson's poem, Much Madness is Divinest Sense, she uses many dashes. What is the purpose of this?
What purpose does the capitalization of 'Madness', 'Sense', 'Majority', and 'Chain' in Much Madness is Divinest Sense serve?
Summarize Much Madness is Divinest Sense.
According to the speaker in the "Much Madness is Divinest Sense," what are the main criteria for 'madness' and 'sense'?
How can poetry by Emily Dickinson (especially A narrow fellow in the grass) be considered Romanticism?
What type of poem is Because I could not stop for Death?
What effect do the number of dashes in the poem Because I could not stop for Death have?
Discuss the diction used in Because I could not stop for Death.
What are examples of puns in Because I could not stop for Death?
What are examples of overstatement and understatement in Because I could not stop for Death?
Discuss the rhyme scheme and its effects in Because I could not stop for Death.
What are the school and fields a reminder of in Because I could not stop for Death.
Give examples of similes and metaphors in "Because I could not stop for Death."
Discuss how the word 'stop' is used differently in lines 1 and 2 of Because I could not stop for Death.
What is the tone of "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson?
Discuss the imagery in this line from Because I could not stop for Death: 'We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground.'
What effect does the caesura have in Because I could not stop for Death?
Discuss the first stanza of Because I could not stop for Death.
Give examples of symbolism in Because I could not stop for Death.
Is Because I could not stop for Death unique from Dickinson's other poetry in some way?
When was Because I could not stop for Death published?
Why couldn?t the narrator stop for Death in Because I could not stop for Death?
What are some examples of poetic devices in Because I could not stop for Death?
What is the theme of Because I could not stop for Death?
What is the mood of the poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers"?
What is 'The Prisoner' by Emily Bronte about?
Why did Emily Dickinson write Nature is What We See?
Was Emily Dickinson a nihilist?
Why did Emily Dickinson write As Imperceptibly as Grief?
When was Taking off Emily Dickinson's Clothes written?
Who said Emily Dickinson was the most paradoxical of poets?
How did people view Emily Dickinson's sexuality?
Where do can Emily Dickinson's influences on popular culture be seen?
Who raised Emily Dickinson's mother?
Was Emily Dickinson a vegetarian?
Was Emily Dickinson a Quaker?
How was Emily Dickinson a Romantic poet?
Why wasn't Emily Dickinson well-received?
Why did Emily Dickinson write I'm Nobody! Who are You?
What did Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson do?
Was Emily Dickinson a feminist poet?
Why should Christians read Emily Dickinson's poems?
Why did Emily Dickinson write I Died for Beauty?
How did Emily Dickinson change writing for women?
When did Emily Dickinson go to school?
Why doesn't Emily Dickinson want to advertise in I'm Nobody! Who are You?
When was Emily Dickinson's Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers published?
Where was the complete poems of Emily Dickinson published?
When did Emily Dickinson write As Imperceptibly as Grief?
Why didn't Emily Dickinson get married?
Was William Carlos Williams related to Emily Dickinson?
How did Emily Dickinson influence American culture?
How did Emily Dickinson's mother die?
Analyze "Come Slowly--Eden!" by Emily Dickinson.
Who is Emily Dickinson addressing in I'm Nobody! Who are You?
Was Emily Dickinson a genius?
When did Emily Dickinson publish the poem Thunderstorm?
Why did Emily Dickinson write There is Another Sky?
What were some failures of Emily Dickinson?
What church did Emily Dickinson belong to?
Why did some people think Emily Dickinson was crazy?
Was Emily Dickinson an alcoholic?
How did Emily Dickinson revolutionize poetic form?
How did Leonard Humphrey influence Emily Dickinson?
Was Emily Dickinson African American?
How is Transcendentalism evident in the writings of Emily Dickinson?
When did Emily Dickinson write A Light Exists in Spring?
What is Emily Dickinson's full name?
How did Emily Dickinson address nature in her work?
Who did Emily Dickinson kill?
Why was Emily Dickinson unpopular?
How did Emily Dickinson's background influence her writing?
What is the theme of A Book by Emily Dickinson?
When did Emily Dickinson write I Never Saw a Moor?
How does Emily Dickinson reflect Romantic thinking in her writing?
How did Emily Dickinson challenge poetry?
Why does Emily Dickinson's personal life get so much attention?
How were Emily Dickinson's poems unusual for her time?
Was Emily Dickinson a lesbian?
Why did Emily Dickinson write Hope?
What is the meaning of Emily Dickinson's poem I'm Nobody! Who are You?
When was Emily Dickinson considered a success?
Did Emily Dickinson write letters?
What does "Apparently with no surprise" by Emily Dickinson mean?
Who was Emily Dickinson's love interest?
What are three titles of poems by Emily Dickinson?
What was the name of Emily Dickinson's dog?
What is the meaning of Will There Really be a Morning by Emily Dickinson?
Was Emily Dickinson a Victorian?
When did Emily Dickinson become famous?
How did Emily Dickinson contribute to American literature?
Was Emily Dickinson crazy?
Where did Emily Dickinson grow up?
Did Emily Dickinson think she was haunted by the ghost of her nephew?
When was Wild Nights--Wild Nights! by Emily Dickinson written?
How are Emily Dickinson's and Kay Ryan's poems similar?
Why is Emily Dickinson important to American literature?
What is the overall tone of many of Emily Dickinson's poems?
What year did Emily Dickinson die?
Why did Emily Dickinson start writing poems?
What is the meaning of Why do I Love You, Sir? by Emily Dickinson?
What themes are present in Why do I Love You, Sir? by Emily Dickinson?
How did Emily Dickinson die?
Why was Emily Dickinson so miserable?
When was The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson written?
Who did Emily Dickinson live with until her death?
Was Emily Dickinson a major figure in the Romantic movement?
What was the first poem Emily Dickinson published?
What was Emily Dickinson's favorite subject in school?
What was somewhat unique about Emily Dickinson's poetic form?
What type of poetry is Emily Dickinson most famous for?
Was Emily Dickinson kept in a house by her father?
How did Emily Dickinson put her life into her work?
Why did Emily Dickinson write Water is Taught by Thirst?
In what town in Massachusetts was Emily Dickinson born?
Was Emily Dickinson a Confederate?
Where did Emily Dickinson go to elementary school?
How was Emily Dickinson's poetry published?
What is the tone of A Book by Emily Dickinson?
Did Emily Dickinson write in first person or third person?
What nicknames did Emily Dickinson have?
What kind of music did Emily Dickinson listen to?
Analyze What Soft Cherubic Creatures by Emily Dickinson.
Why did Billy Collins write Taking off Emily Dickinson's Clothes?
Analyze Why do I Love You, Sir by Emily Dickinson.
Who published Emily Dickinson's second poem collection?
What war dominated the time in which Emily Dickinson lived?
What was Emily Dickinson's poetry style?
What were the names of Emily Dickinson's siblings?
What type of poem is Dying by Emily Dickinson?
What year did Emily Dickinson's brother marry Susan?
Does Emily Dickinson use symbolism?
What famous poems did Emily Dickinson write?
What historical events was Emily Dickinson a part of?
What did friendship mean to Emily Dickinson?
What does Emily Dickinson's poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death mean?
What is the rhythm of Emily Dickinson's The Chariot?
What is the poem Success is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson about?
Analyze Emily Dickinson's Banish Air from Air.
What does the poem A Day by Emily Dickinson mean?
Did Emily Dickinson collect things?
What is Emily Dickinson's poem I Took My Power in My Hand about?
What was Emily Dickinson's relationship toward Charles Wadsworth?
What was Emily Dickinson's greatest accomplishment?
Are Emily Dickinson's poems copyrighted?
What does Emily Dickinson's poem Going to Heaven! mean?
What were Emily Dickinson's hobbies?
How old was Emily Dickinson when her father died?
Analyze What Mystery Pervades a Well! by Emily Dickinson.
What was Emily Dickinson's education like?
What does Emily Dickinson's poem The Brain--is Wider than the Sky-- mean?
How long was Emily Dickinson secluded?
How many poems of hers were found after Emily Dickinson died?
What are some important facts of Emily Dickinson's early life?
What genre is Emily Dickinson?
What was Emily Dickinson skeptical of?
Did Emily Dickinson use rhyme, free verse or blank verse?
Did Emily Dickinson write sonnets?
Did Emily Dickinson write about the Civil War?
What did Emily Dickinson's parents do for a living?
Analyze What if I Say I Shall Not Wait! by Emily Dickinson.
What nationality was the poet Emily Dickinson?
When did Emily Dickinson write Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers?
How old was Emily Dickinson when her mother died?
How did Emily Dickinson reflect Romanticism in her poetry?
What does ''a word is dead'' by Emily Dickinson mean?
Why did Emily Dickinson live in isolation?
When did Emily Dickinson write There is Another Sky?
When did Emily Dickinson write If I Should Die?
How many poems did Emily Dickinson write after 1865?
Who was Emily Norcross Dickinson?
How many anthologies of Emily Dickinson's work are there?
Where in Massachusetts did Emily Dickinson live?
Who is the speaker in Emily Dickinson's poem The Soul Selects Her Own Society?
What for Emily Dickinson constitutes the ultimate threat?
From what illness did Emily Dickinson suffer?
Who purchased the Dickinson Homestead?
What did Emily Dickinson refuse to do?
When did Emily Dickinson's poems become popular?
Was Emily Dickinson a farmer?
Why is Emily Dickinson's poetry famous?
What did Emily Dickinson think of romantic relationships?
Did Emily Dickinson have friends?
How many years older was Emily Dickinson to her brother?
How did Emily Dickinson attempt to reform society?
How is it known that Emily Dickinson had Asperger's syndrome?
How many letters did Emily Dickinson write?
When did Emily Dickinson write Herbarium?
Did Emily Dickinson's sister Lavinia ever marry?
Why did Emily Dickinson publish anonymously?
How was Emily Dickinson affected by the Civil War?
Why did Emily Dickinson use slant rhyme?
Why was Emily Dickinson fascinated with death?
How many poems did Emily Dickinson write about nature?
Who is the speaker in Emily Dickinson's poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death?
When was Why do I Love You, Sir? by Emily Dickinson written?
How did Emily Dickinson change American poetry?
How did Emily Dickinson contribute to the Civil War?
What form of poetry is Autumn by Emily Dickinson?
What quailities made Emily Dickinson's poetry different?
Did Emily Dickinson say ''The heart wants what it wants''?
What kind of language does Emily Dickinson use?
What was Emily Dickinson's attitude toward death?
How did Emily Dickinson's reclusiveness affect her poetry?
What did Emily Dickinson study in college?
Who was Emily Dickinson's friend in A Quiet Passion?
Did Emily Dickinson suffer from Asperger syndrome?
How old was Emily Dickinson when she died?
What kind of meter did Emily Dickinson most often use?
When did Emily Dickinson write I Heard a Fly Buzz - When I Died?
What obstacles did Emily Dickinson face in her lifetime?
What themes does Emily Dickinson most often focus on in her poetry?
What time period did Emily Dickinson write in?
What killed Emily Dickinson?
What sickness forced Emily Dickinson to drop out of school?
Did Emily Dickinson use slant rhyme?
How did Emily Dickinson's family react to her death?
Who were Emily Dickinson's parents?
What does Emily Dickinson's poem Grass mean?
What literary movement was Emily Dickinson a part of?
How old was Emily Dickinson in 1863?
How many works of Emily Dickinson have been published?
What poetic form did Emily Dickinson most often write in?
What does the poem November by Emily Dickinson mean?
What is the aphoristic style used by Emily Dickinson?
What did religion mean to Emily Dickinson?
What ailed Emily Dickinson?
What influenced Emily Dickinson's poetry?
Who wrote the poem 'There is Another Sky'?
How many books did Emily Dickinson write?
What did Emily Dickinson's mother win awards for?
Where is Emily Dickinson buried?
What was the middle name of American poet Emily Dickinson?
What did Emily Dickinson do for a living?
When did Emily Dickinson publish her first poem?
Why does Emily Dickinson use dashes?
Why did Emily Dickinson not publish her poems?
Is Emily Dickinson a romantic poet?
Was Emily Dickinson a Christian?
What color did Emily Dickinson wear?
When were Emily Dickinson's poems published?
Where did Emily Dickinson work?
Why did Emily Dickinson leave Mount Holyoke Female Seminary?
Did Emily Dickinson win any awards?
Did Emily Dickinson go to college?
Was Emily Dickinson sick?
How many poems did Emily Dickinson publish?
What awards did Emily Dickinson receive?
What color was Emily Dickinson's hair?
When did Emily Dickinson finally receive acclaim as a poet?
Did Emily Dickinson have children?
Where did Emily Dickinson go to high school?
How old was Emily Dickinson when she started writing poetry?
Was Emily Dickinson religious?
Why did Emily Dickinson capitalize certain words?
Was Emily Dickinson a transcendentalist?
Was Emily Dickinson blind?
Did Emily Dickinson write short stories?
What was Emily Dickinson's family like?
Why did Emily Dickinson write poetry?
What disease did Emily Dickinson have?
Did Emily Dickinson marry?
What is Emily Dickinson's writing style?
Who did Emily Dickinson marry?
What is 'Paradise' by Emily Dickinson?
What kind of education did Emily Dickinson have?
Who did Emily Dickinson inspire?
Summarize 'Will There Really be a Morning' by Emily Dickinson.
What inspired Emily Dickinson?
Did Emily Dickinson title her poems?
Who published Emily Dickinson's poems?
Who was Emily Dickinson influenced by?
What school did Emily Dickinson attend for 1 year?
When did Emily Dickinson start writing?
What did Emily Dickinson mainly write about?
What religion was Emily Dickinson?
What teacher at Amherst Academy influenced Emily Dickinson?
What was Emily Dickinson famous for?
What kind of poetry did Emily Dickinson write?
When did Emily Dickinson live?
Where did Emily Dickinson go to college?
What was Emily Dickinson childhood like?
How does Emily Dickinson personify death?
What poem is Emily Dickinson most famous for?
How did Emily Dickinson become famous?
Did Emily Dickinson have any siblings?
How did Emily Dickinson change the world?
Where did Emily Dickinson die?
How many siblings did Emily Dickinson have?
Why did Emily Dickinson write about death?
When was Emily Dickinson born?
Why was Emily Dickinson a recluse?
Why is Emily Dickinson important?
Emily Dickinson wrote how many poems?
Where did Emily Dickinson live?
Where was Emily Dickinson born?
Analyze the poem 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?'
What is the meaning of the poem 'Success is Counted Sweetest' by Emily Dickinson?
How does Emily Dickinson use personification in Heart, We Will Forget Him?
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