Emily Dickinson

Question 1

Hope is the thing with feathers

abstract imagery conveyed by a solid idea

Answer 1

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul

Question 2

Hope is the thing with feathers

gustatory imagery, she has been in the storm and it’s scary that she was so weak and it was so powerful

Answer 2

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - and sore must be the storm -

Question 3

Hope is the thing with feathers
metaphor. isolation, no warmth, suffered greatly, no comfort.
not familiar, lost, unknown threats, fearfull

Answer 3

the chillest land … the strangest Sea

Question 4

I taste a liquor never brewed

pathetic fallacy, intoxicated on nature and air

Answer 4

thro’ endless summer days

Question 5

I taste a liquor never brewed

she is weak and needs to lean on God, the power, the giver of life, celebrates her faith

Answer 5

Leaning against the - Sun!

Question 6

There’s a certain slant of light
she feels restricted, powerless, weak, concrete example to explain an abstract idea. designed to make an impact, melancholic with inventive figurative symbols

Answer 6

That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes

Question 7

There’s a certain slant of light
God has designed it, to make it the most torturous thing, invisible illness, people cannot relate and sympathise, but it is still immensely painful

Answer 7

Heavenly Hurt, it gives us - We can find no scar

Question 8

There’s a certain slant of light
she is locked in, disturbing accurate insight into her mind
powerful overwhelming source of pain and she cannot resist it, too strong

Answer 8

the seal Despair - an imperial affliction

Question 9

A Bird Came Down The Walk
simplistic, almost childish view of nature and its beauty
simple meter

Answer 9

A Bird, came down the Walk -

Question 10

A Bird Came Down The Walk
simile. the bird is aware of the predators, the dark side.
explores the duality of existence
waiting for the good times to leave

Answer 10

They looked like frightened Beads, I thought

Question 11

A Bird Came Down The Walk
she has no means to escape, but the bird does, amazed at the ease at which the bird flies, can take off with no effort
sense of awe at the seamlessness of his flight

Answer 11

he unrolled his feathers, and rowed him softer Home - Than Oars divide the Ocean

Question 12

A Bird Came Down The Walk
cinematic image of magic and mystery
awestruck, breathless, surreal and striking
neologism; made up word

Answer 12

Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon, leap, plashless as they swim

Question 13

After great pain, a formal feeling comes
emotional and psychological numbness, emptiness
sibilance

Answer 13

The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs -

Question 14

After great pain, a formal feeling comes
deliberately confused meaning and syntax, grammatical nonsense. Did God do this to me? utter and total confusion even in her belief in God

Answer 14

The stiff Heart questions ‘was it He, that bore’, and ‘Yesterday, or Centuries before’?

Question 15

hard lifeless cold, metamorphic rock, complete and irreversible change

Answer 15

a Quartz contentment, like a stone

Question 16

After great pain, a formal feeling comes
idea of hypothermia, she is a survivor, spreads, become numb and die. the numbness creeps through you, cold, dizziness and then she gives up. lethargy

Answer 16

As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow - First - Chill - then Stupor - then the letting go

Question 17

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died

nature imagery. alludes to the difficult periods

Answer 17

the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm -