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I Stepped from Plank to Plank

Emily Dickinson. Known for exploring personal themes of love, death, and religion in short, lyrical poems Of the 1,775 poems Dickinson wrote, only 7 were published during her lifetime. Dickinson rarely left her home, and in her later years she rarely left her family home. American writer Thomas W

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I Stepped from Plank to Plank

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    1. I Stepped from Plank to Plank By Emily Dickinson

    2. Emily Dickinson Known for exploring personal themes of love, death, and religion in short, lyrical poems Of the 1,775 poems Dickinson wrote, only 7 were published during her lifetime. Dickinson rarely left her home, and in her later years she rarely left her family home. American writer Thomas Wentworth Higginson was a lifelong mentor to Dickinson, despite the fact that he initially discouraged her from publishing her work.

    3. Questions to Ponder What is a plank? Define gait. How does it feel to walk on a dock that goes over the water? If you are walking on a dock and you cant see in front of you, how would that change the way you walked? How is life like walking on a dock? Do you feel like you are more cautious of things in life now that you are older?

    4. Words to use in analysis: 1. What is the metaphor in this poem? 2. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? 3. What is your opinion of the speaker? Give reasons for your answer. 4. How does the speaker communicate a sense of danger? Use a quote. 5. Why do you think the speaker says (in line 3) that she felt the stars, rather than that she simple saw them? How does this word choice add to the poems imagery? 6. After learning about Emily Dickenson, how do you think this poem is a representation about how she felt about life?

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