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- 2. Born December 10,1830 in Amherst, MA. Educated at Amherst Academy. At 17, began college at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary; she became ill the spring of her first year and did not return. She would leave home only for short trips for the remainder of her life, leading scholars to speculate she may have been agoraphobic.
- 3. Known for beinga recluse, she didn’t leave her family’s homestead for any reason after the late 1860’s. She almost always wore white. She often lowered snacks and treats in baskets to neighborhood children from her window, careful never to let them see her face.
- 4. Wrote many lettersesp. love letters to: The Master Letters Unknown man Samuel Bowles Dickinson’s editor Susan Gilbert Dickinson’s sister-in-law
- 5. Dickinson’s Poetry Regular meter—hymnmeter and ballad meter, also known as Common meter Quatrains The use of dashes The use of capital letters Influenced by nature and spiritual themes
- 6. Dickinson’s Publishing Career Sentpoems to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a literary critic and family friend. He recognized her talent, but tried to “improve” them, which made Dickinson lose interest. At the time of her death, only seven of her poems had been published.
- 7. Publishing Career After herdeath, her poems were heavily edited and published by Higginson and friend Mabel Loomis Todd. Thomas Johnson produced a collection of Dickinson’s more than 1700 poems in three volumes in 1955; he restored her original capitalization and punctuation.
- 8. What’s the Difference? BECAUSEI could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun. Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove At recess, in the ring; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun.
- 9. Dickinson’s Legacy Dickinson diedMay 15, 1886 of nephritis (kidney disease). Dickinson is considered influential to poets such as Adrienne Rich, Richard Wilbur, Archibald MacLeish, and William Stafford. Along with Walt Whitman, Dickinson is one of the two giants of American poetry of the 19th century.
- 10. Because I couldnot stop for death Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle –
- 11. Because I couldnot stop for death We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground – Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity –
- 12. Themes Death and Immortality Eternity TheCyclical Nature of Life
- 13. Structure and Form Sixstanzas Consists of quatrains Does not follow a rhyme scheme Use of capital letters Dashes
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