Content and Style in Emily Dickinson's Poems

Question 1

Read the poem. What human qualities does Dickinson lend to the speaker’s heart? Check all that apply.

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the ability to forget; the ability to say something; the ability to do something slowly

Question 2

Think about the effect of personification in the poem. What does it help communicate?

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the struggle the speaker has in forgetting him

Question 3

Which two types of figurative language does Dickinson use in this stanza?

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metaphor and personification

Question 4

In the first two stanzas of her poem, Dickinson establishes an extended metaphor by comparing

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hope and a bird in a storm.

Question 5

Review the final stanza of the poem. Then, complete the statements.

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Dickinson extends the metaphor in the last stanza by comparing hope to .: a bird that never asks for a crumb; This comparison shows that hope .: never asks for anything in return; Based on the extended metaphor, the reader can infer that Dickinson .: takes comfort in hope

Question 6

Review the final stanza of the poem. Then, complete the statements. Dickinson extends the metaphor in the last stanza by comparing hope to . This comparison shows that hope . Based on the extended metaphor, the reader can infer that Dickinson .

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✔ a bird that never asks for a crumb; Selection 1: a bird that never asks for a crumb; Selection 2: never asks for anything in return; Selection 3: takes comfort in hope

Question 7

✔ never asks for anything in returncan be found only in extreme placesis rarely useful to the people who need it most

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never asks for anything in return

Question 8

✔ takes comfort in hopebelieves that having hope never helpsthinks that many ideas are similar to birds

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takes comfort in hope

Question 9

What message is Dickinson conveying through the use of a simile?

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Love does not last.

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