EMILY DICKINSON 1830 - 1886.

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EMILY DICKINSON 1830 - 1886

“The Belle of Amherst”

AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

Match these images with her poems:

Dickinson's Common Themes Nature Love God Immortality

ABOUT DICKINSON’S STYLE Cryptic – secretive, hidden, buried, needs to be decoded “My constant theme is Immortality.”

Emily's Poems “Snake” “I Like to See It Lap the Miles” “I Never Saw a Moor” “We Never Know How High We Are” “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” “My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close” “A Hummingbird” “Apparently With No Surprise”

“Snake” Lyric (riddle) Rhyme & meter Explicit persona Figures of speech Diction Imagery Tone – observant, casual

"I Never Saw a Moor" Lyric Rhyme & meter Quatrains Diction Imagery From natural To supernatural Tone - confident "I Never Saw a Moor"

"We Never Know How High We Are" Lyric Rhyme & meter Quatrains Explicit persona Diction From physical To metaphysical Tone – wry, ironic "We Never Know How High We Are"

“I Like to See It Lap the Miles” Lyric Riddle Quatrains Rhyme & Meter Explicit Persona Highly Figurative Extended Metaphor Playful, Witty Tone

“Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Lyric Quatrains Explicit persona Rhyme & meter Diction Imagery Figures of Speech Immortality Tone – gently ironic

"I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" Lyric Rhyme & meter Quatrains Explicit persona Imagery Diction Figures of speech Tone – fitful, edgy "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died"

“My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close” Lyric Rhyme & meter Quatrains Explicit persona Biographical Imagery Diction Figures of speech Tone – ironic

“A Hummingbird” Lyric (Riddle) Implied persona Rhyme & meter Unusual diction Vivid imagery Figures of speech: metaphors, synesthesia Allusion – Tunisia Tone – witty, playful

"Apparently With No Surprise" Lyric Rhyme & meter Quatrains Implied persona Biographical Diction Imagery Figures of Speech Tone - ironic "Apparently With No Surprise"