Emily Dickinson's Poetry Answers

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What do you notice about the structure?

Alternating lines are about the same length and all end with a dash.

Each line begins the same way and has the same number of words.

The lines don’t have an organized structure.

What do the contrasting images reveal about the tone of the speaker?

The speaker is pessimistic.

The speaker is optimistic.

The images reveal that the poem is about

the joy that follows a struggle.

problems caused by nature.

What do you notice about the words at the end of lines two and four?

They are multisyllabic.

They have harsh sounds.

They are near but imperfect rhymes.

How are the images in the first and second stanzas different?

The first is violent; the second is mournful.

The first is dreary; the second is cheerful.

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