Emily Dickinson poetry
Quiz by Deb Brunswick
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- Q1From her biography, you know that Emily did not communicate much with the world outside of her own home. So, what has become her "letter to the world according to "This is my Letter to the World"?her last will and testamenther letter to a local newspaperher inability to communicateher poetry60s
- Q2The poet suggests that the source of her message isher own imaginationAmericathe worldnature60s
- Q3Who are the "hands" she cannot see?her sister'snature'sher ownher readers'60s
- Q4According to the first stanza of "Success is Counted Sweetest," who finds success most sweet?those who always succeedthose who don't want successthose who never succeedthose who find nature60s
- Q5What way are stanzas 2 and 3 related to line 1 and 2 of the same poem?they contract lines 1 and 2they poke fun at the idea expressed in lines 1 and 2they illustrate lines 1 and 2 with a specific example60s
- Q6Who would the speaker of this poem most probably ask about the importance of winning an Olympic gold medal?a person who wins onea coacha person who fails to win onea poet60s
- Q7The speaker in "Because I Could not Stop for Death," describesthe day she diedthe day she was bornthe death of a loved onethe cruelty of death60s
- Q8What all does Death's carriage hold?Death and Immortalitythe speaker and Deaththe speaker, Death, and Immortalityjust the speaker60s
- Q9What character trait is ironically given to Death in line 8?quicknesspolitenessleisurerudeness60s
- Q10What three things does the speaker pass in Stanza 3?school, fields of corn, setting moonchildren, fields of corn, rising moonrecess, fields of grain, rising sunschool, fields of grain, setting sun60s
- Q11These images might representfour ways of viewing the worldthe stages of the speaker's lifenaturethe speaker's lost youth60s
- Q12What is the "Swelling of the Ground" in line 18?a roofa gravea housea decoration60s
- Q13How long has it been since Death stopped for her?two monthsa single dayeternitycenturies60s
- Q14The poem suggests that each century of immortal life is shorter than adayweekyearmonth60s
- Q15Death in this poem behavescourteouslycruellyhastilyrudely60s