The next two weeks, we will be looking at the poems of Emily Dickinson. Your assignment is as follows:

• Read the brief biography
• Read "I heard a fly buzz when I died"
• Write down the figurative language, type of figurative language, and literal meaning
• Write down in two sentences the theme of the poem
• Read "Fame is a fickle food"
• Write down the figurative language, type of figurative language, and literal meaning
• Write down in two sentences the theme of the poem
• Read a poem of Dickinson of your choice
• Write down the figurative language, type of figurative language, and literal meaning
• Write down in two sentences the theme of the poem

 

Emily Dickinson Home Page (biography)

Emily Dickinson On-Line Poems

 

 

 

 

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!

 

- Edna St. Vincent Millay