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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson. By: Sara Fleming. A Slash of Blue. A slash of Blue A sweep of Gray Some scarlet patches on the way, Compose an Evening Sky A little purple slipped between Some Ruby Trousers hurried on A Wave of Gold A Bank of Day This just makes out the Morning Sky. Emily Dickinson.

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Emily Dickinson

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  1. Emily Dickinson By: Sara Fleming

  2. A Slash of Blue A slash of BlueA sweep of GraySome scarlet patches on the way,Compose an Evening SkyA little purple slipped betweenSome Ruby Trousers hurried onA Wave of GoldA Bank of DayThis just makes out the Morning Sky.

  3. Emily Dickinson • She was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. • She spent seven years at the Amherst Academy taking classes in English, classical literature, Latin, botany, geology, history, mental philosophy, and arithmetic during her teenage years. • The school’s principal thought that she was a bright and conscientious student and was able to write rhyming stories at a young age. • After finishing her last term at Amherst, she started attending Mary Lyon’s Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley. She was only there for about 10 months.

  4. Emily Dickinson • She was very shy, so most of her poems started off by letters she had wrote to her friends and family. • Many people she had contact with had an impact on her writings. • Religion had a major impact on her poems.

  5. Literary Criticism • Willis Buckingham noted that readers in the 1890s often praised Dickinson’s “inspired” thoughts and emotions rather than her poetic technique. • Modern critics have come to appreciate Dickinson’s accomplishments in language and poetic structure. • Many critics have also explored the various themes of Dickinson's poetry against the backdrop of events in her personal life. • Power is another theme that has received a great deal of critical attention.

  6. A slash of Blue Info • When you first read the poem you think it is just about a morning sky, but it is really about War. • This shows how sophisticated and imaginative Dickinson’s poetic powers were at her early years.

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