9. WHO WAS THE POET & WHAT WAS
HER FAMILY LIKE?
Emily Dickinson: poet, very shy, loved school, witty and fun once known,
well behaved child
10. WHO WAS THE POET & WHAT WAS
HER FAMILY LIKE?
Emily Dickinson: poet, very shy, loved school, witty and fun once known,
well behaved child
Samuel: grandfather, founder of Amherst College, Massachusetts
11. WHO WAS THE POET & WHAT WAS
HER FAMILY LIKE?
Emily Dickinson: poet, very shy, loved school, witty and fun once known,
well behaved child
Samuel: grandfather, founder of Amherst College, Massachusetts
Edward: father, lawyer, and very religious
12. WHO WAS THE POET & WHAT WAS
HER FAMILY LIKE?
Emily Dickinson: poet, very shy, loved school, witty and fun once known,
well behaved child
Samuel: grandfather, founder of Amherst College, Massachusetts
Edward: father, lawyer, and very religious
Emily Norcross: mother, fine chef
13. WHO WAS THE POET & WHAT WAS
HER FAMILY LIKE?
Emily Dickinson: poet, very shy, loved school, witty and fun once known,
well behaved child
Samuel: grandfather, founder of Amherst College, Massachusetts
Edward: father, lawyer, and very religious
Emily Norcross: mother, fine chef
Austin: brother, lawyer, treasurer like father
14. WHO WAS THE POET & WHAT WAS
HER FAMILY LIKE?
Emily Dickinson: poet, very shy, loved school, witty and fun once known,
well behaved child
Samuel: grandfather, founder of Amherst College, Massachusetts
Edward: father, lawyer, and very religious
Emily Norcross: mother, fine chef
Austin: brother, lawyer, treasurer like father
Lavinia: close sister, pretty, known as Vinnie
34. WHY DID THE POET WRITE?
Liked jotting down notes and verses
35. WHY DID THE POET WRITE?
Liked jotting down notes and verses
Later, they were turned to poems
36. WHY DID THE POET WRITE?
Liked jotting down notes and verses
Later, they were turned to poems
Wrote about death when friends and family died
37. WHY DID THE POET WRITE?
Liked jotting down notes and verses
Later, they were turned to poems
Wrote about death when friends and family died
Real cause has not been known.
38. WHY DID THE POET WRITE?
Liked jotting down notes and verses
Later, they were turned to poems
Wrote about death when friends and family died
Real cause has not been known.
Wrote as a way to express her feelings to the outside world
39. WHY DID THE POET WRITE?
Liked jotting down notes and verses
Later, they were turned to poems
Wrote about death when friends and family died
Real cause has not been known.
Wrote as a way to express her feelings to the outside world
Had a very reclusive life
45. WHAT INFLUENCED THE POET’S
WRITING?
Had a great imagination for things that she never saw before
46. WHAT INFLUENCED THE POET’S
WRITING?
Had a great imagination for things that she never saw before
Never married and had a lot of free time to write
47. WHAT INFLUENCED THE POET’S
WRITING?
Had a great imagination for things that she never saw before
Never married and had a lot of free time to write
Had a great interest in writing from a young age
48. WHAT INFLUENCED THE POET’S
WRITING?
Had a great imagination for things that she never saw before
Never married and had a lot of free time to write
Had a great interest in writing from a young age
49. WHAT INFLUENCED THE POET’S
WRITING?
Had a great imagination for things that she never saw before
Never married and had a lot of free time to write
Had a great interest in writing from a young age
53. WHAT POETIC TOOLS OR STYLES IS THE
POET KNOWN FOR?
Always wrote in rhythm or meter called iambic
54. WHAT POETIC TOOLS OR STYLES IS THE
POET KNOWN FOR?
Always wrote in rhythm or meter called iambic
Rhythm was mostly hymns that she sang in church
55. WHAT POETIC TOOLS OR STYLES IS THE
POET KNOWN FOR?
Always wrote in rhythm or meter called iambic
Rhythm was mostly hymns that she sang in church
Often had stanzas of 4 lines
56. WHAT POETIC TOOLS OR STYLES IS THE
POET KNOWN FOR?
Always wrote in rhythm or meter called iambic
Rhythm was mostly hymns that she sang in church
Often had stanzas of 4 lines
Line 1&3 has 8 syllables, Line 2&4 has 6 syllables
57. WHAT POETIC TOOLS OR STYLES IS THE
POET KNOWN FOR?
Always wrote in rhythm or meter called iambic
Rhythm was mostly hymns that she sang in church
Often had stanzas of 4 lines
Line 1&3 has 8 syllables, Line 2&4 has 6 syllables
Last word in line two rhymes with the last word in line 4
58. WHAT POETIC TOOLS OR STYLES IS THE
POET KNOWN FOR?
Always wrote in rhythm or meter called iambic
Rhythm was mostly hymns that she sang in church
Often had stanzas of 4 lines
Line 1&3 has 8 syllables, Line 2&4 has 6 syllables
Last word in line two rhymes with the last word in line 4
Wrote about the nature and her imaginations
61. THANKS FOR WATCHING!
I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea,
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be. By Emily Dickinson
I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in heaven,
Yet certain am I of the spot,
As if the chart were given.
