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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson. “This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me.”. Emily Dickinson. Family home in Amherst, Mass. Emily Dickinson’s bedroom. How is Dickinson beat ?. Fell in love with two married men Used unconventional writing style Made her own rules

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Emily Dickinson

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  1. Emily Dickinson “This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me.”

  2. Emily Dickinson

  3. Family home in Amherst, Mass.

  4. Emily Dickinson’s bedroom

  5. How is Dickinson beat? • Fell in love with two married men • Used unconventional writing style • Made her own rules • Lived a very “different” life style • Described as mournful…(sad…beat) • Lived life in her imagination—”There is no frigate (boat) like a book.” • Misunderstood

  6. Contrast Lives Whitman Dickinson • Gregarious • Self-promoting • Well-travelled • Found success in his lifetime • Wanted to publicize his message • Private • Did not seek an audience • Lived a relatively secluded life • Published only a few poems (7) • Hid her poems

  7. style • Strict meter and rhyme • Unconventional punctuation and capitalization • Prolific use of nature metaphors • Economical diction—few words used • Short poems • Prolific use of dashes

  8. Contrast Styles Whitman Dickinson • Free verse/cadence • Extravagant with words • Lists/catalouges • Repetitious • Bold, sweeping verse • Used rhyme and meter • Meticulous word choice • Economical/neat, short stanzas • Precise wording • Wrote with the precision of a diamond cutter

  9. Compare Styles Whitman Dickinson • A romantic • Used nature references • Concerned with humanity • Could see the universal in the particular and vice versa • Broke the rules of writing and of life • Wrote about what he observed around him • A romantic • Used nature as a metaphor • Strove to evoke feelings from the reader • Could see the universal in the particular and vice versa • Broke the rules of writing and of life • Wrote about what she observed around her

  10. Compare Lives Whitman Dickinson • Romantic • Misunderstood • Fascinated by people and places • Wrote prolifically • Never married • Innovative • Used nature as a metaphor • Keen observer of people and places • Romantic • Misunderstood • Fascinated by people and places • Wrote prolifically • Never married • Innovative • Used nature as a metaphor • Keen observer of people and places

  11. Gilligan’s Island • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0

  12. Strict meter • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0 Girl singing frigate • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfYCrRe7lEgirl singing death

  13. There is no Frigate like a Book (1286)By Emily Dickinson1830–1886 There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears the Human Soul –

  14. Iambic tetrameter ˘ ´ / ˘ ´ / ˘ ´ / ˘ ´ There is no fri gate like a book Iambic tetrameter

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