1. Emily Dickinson
Defining Poetry

2. Group Activity - Emily Dickinson Poetry
Discuss your interpretation of your assigned poem with your group:
Use your poetry analysis graphic organizer as a guide to discuss the different elements of the poem.
Discuss the theme or overall message of the poem.
You and your group will conduct the following tasks:
Create a poster that provides an interpretation of the poem. The poster should be an image or images that represents Dickinson’s overall message. The only words should be the title and small captions that help to explain your interpretation; however, the image should be able to stand alone.
Create an original poem that models the poem you are studying: include the same topic, same type of figurative language, meter, number of stanzas, rhyme scheme, punctuation, etc. (Although you are writing about the same topic or subject, your message or idea about the subject or topic should be original and your own message, not Dickinson’s. (Your final poem should be on computer paper and added to your poster).

3. 1. Read the following selections by Emily Dickinson. 2
1. Read the following selections by Emily Dickinson. 2. Choose two additional poems to analyze and complete the “Defining Poetry” assignment.
Because I Could Not Stop for Death (408)
I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died (411)
There’s a Certain Slant of Light (412)
My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close (413)
The Soul Selects her Own Society (414)
The Brain is Wider Than the Sky (415)
There is a Solitude of Space (416)
Water is taught by thirst (417)
1. Continue working on analyzing your selected poems. -Be prepared to explain the poem if called upon! 2. Read and analyze the other poems with a partner or group (you are responsible for being familiar with ALL poems listed. 3. Pair/Group: Complete Open-Book Test.