As Imperceptibly as Grief Flashcards
What did Emily’s sister discover after Emily’s death?
A collection of almost 1800 poems among her possessions.
What themes were Dickinson’s poems mainly about?
Love, death, war, religion.
Where was Dickinson from?
Massachussetts, America.
What other job did Dickinson have?
She was a prolific gardener.
What did she become in the early 1860s?
A recluse.
What did Dickinson have a fear of from a very young age?
Death - which stemmed from the death of family members and friends
Why did Emily become a recluse?
As a result of an intensely-lived private world that she felt no one could share or comprehend.
What is one interpretation of the loss expressed in the poem?
That is reflects her unrequited love for Charles Wadsworth. They spent some time together but he moved away and she became a recluse.
Name 3 forms of the poem:
-One stanza of one sentence
-No discernible rhyme or rhyme scheme (a couple half-rhymes)
-Lines are often short and frequently connected by hyphens, creating pauses and giving the poem a tone of melancholy reflection
‘As __________ as Grief’
‘As imperceptibly as Grief’
‘The Summer _______ away -‘
‘The Summer lapsed away -‘
‘Too _________ at last
To seem like ______’
‘Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy’
‘A Quietness _______’
‘A Quietness distilled’
‘As ________ long ____,’
‘As twilight long begun,’
‘Or ______ spending with _____’
‘Or Nature spending with herself’
