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1
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what kind of rhymed did Dickinson generally use

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slant rhymes

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slant rhymes

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final sounds are similar but not identical

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3
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what is emily dickinson referred to as

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belle of amherst

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what year was dickinson born in

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1830

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what year did dickinson die in

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1886

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where was dickinson born

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Amherst Massachusetts

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7
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what kind of person was dickinson

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extremely private person; eccentric

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how many poems did dickinson have published when she was alive

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seven

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9
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what does her poetry reflect

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her loneliness

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what did her poems focus on

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on her feelings

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11
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when were most of her poems published

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after her death

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why didn’t dickinson want her poems published

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didn’t care about money and fame; didn’t want the public to read her poems

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13
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how often did dickinson write

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often produced a poem a day

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14
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what was the only thing she wore

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white clothing

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15
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what school did she attend

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mount Holyoke female seminary

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16
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what was her sisters name

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Lavinia

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17
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what did her sister find

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discovered a thousands poems in her burrow

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18
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what conflict did she battle

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had a conflict where she couldn’t accept religious doctrine but wanted spiritual contact

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19
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what did her verses have

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wit, metrical variation, irregular rhymes, direct statements and bold and startling imagery

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20
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what does dickinson use a lot of

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dashes

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21
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what is her poetry influenced by

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nature and spiritual themes; just like the transcendentalists

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22
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how did dickinson choose the titles of her poems

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it was the first line of every poem; she never titles them

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who is the speaker in, i heard a fly buzz when i died

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the speaker is the dying person

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what was the room like in, i heard a fly buzz when i died

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the room was still like it was before a storm

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why was the room like it was in i heard a fly buzz

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because the speaker was about to die

26
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why was everyones breath gathering firm in, i heard a fly buzz

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the speaker was going to, and about to die

27
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interposed

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to introduced between parts

28
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what is an act of interposition in when i heard a fly

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the speaker was lying there and the fly flew in front of her

29
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did the fly know what it was doing

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no the fly was just minding its own business without knowing anything that was going on around it

30
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what are the windows in the fly buzz

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the speakers eyes

31
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what is the so called moral of the fly buzz story

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life goes on; someone might die but just because that happens things around you don’t stop; just like the fly flying

32
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what is the structure of when i heard a fly buzz

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uses a lot of dashes

capitalizes a lot of words; could be to show importance of the word or topic of the sentence

33
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what is i could not stop for death about

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death

34
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what is death personified as in no stop for death

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carriage

35
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what kind of death did the speaker have

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peaceful death; “ He kindly stopped for me”

36
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was the speaker scared of death or accepting

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accepting, not scared at all

37
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what is talked about in the death stop poem

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the different stages of her life

38
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what does each stage of her event being talked about symbolize

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different stages of the persons life; childhood, adult, final years

39
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how does death stop poem end

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ends with her realizing that she is at the end of her ride and it wasn’t temporary

40
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what does the title, my life closed twice before its close mean

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that two tragic events could’ve affected her to make her stay inside and seclude herself from everyone
two very bad things happened to make it seem like the end of life

41
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what do the two events of life closed twice most likely mean

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there was some type of parting that happened, whether it was death or breakup

42
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what is the soul selects her own society about

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once you find who you are no one else matters as long as you are yourself
you select your own society; people you hang out with and who you are

43
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what is the moral of the soul selects

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be yourself and don’t ever let anyone change that

choose the right people in your life and stick with them and don’t listen to anyone else

44
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when does theres a certain slant of light take place

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wintertime

45
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where is the speaker while the poem is going on

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looking out a window;l likely in her room or something like that

46
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oppress

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weighs heavily on the mind

47
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what happens in the winter because of the sun

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its gets sadder because the sun isn’t out

48
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what is the certain slant of light about

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a slant of light that shines its way through

doesn’t affect us externally but internally because of its beauty

49
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what is the solitude of space

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heaven

50
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what is the solitude of space about

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limited endlessness; everything continues here on earth; world stay the same but we change
no matter what there is always death
no limits when we die

51
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profounder site in there is a solitude of space

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heaven

52
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is the soul infinite

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yes it goes to the afterlife forever

body dies but the soul doesn’t

53
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what is infinite in the brain is wider than the sky

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the brain is infinite just like the sky

54
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syllable

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unit, single sound; part of a word

55
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characteristics of the brain in the brain is wider than the sky

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brain absorbs everything; knowledge and other things

56
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what is water is taught by thirst about

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opposites

even though they’re opposites one carries the other

57
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what is the lesson being taught in water is taught by thirst

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in order toe experience success you have to experience failure

Cant judge other people; you don know what they have been through

58
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what helps us appreciate success

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failure

59
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what is the opposite of peace

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war

60
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what teaches us the best

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experience

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