1. EMILY DICKINSON

2. “The Belle of Amherst”

3. AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

4. Match these images with her poems:

5. Dickinson's Common Themes
Nature
Love
God
Immortality

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

7. 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”

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

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

10. "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"

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

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

13. "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"

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

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

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