2020 Labor's Emily Dickinson Vocab. & Poetry

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Who shuts the door in 'The Soul selects her own Society'?

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the Soul

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In the last lines of “The Soul selects her own Society,” the simile “close the Valves of her attention—/ Like Stone—” conveys a sense of

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permanence

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In Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death," the tone conveys death as...

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peaceful

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Death in 'Because I could not stop for Death' is described as:

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a courteous friend

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Lines 9–12 of 'Because I could not stop for Death' depict schoolchildren, grain fields, and a sunset to suggest:

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progression from childhood to ripeness to death

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According to 'Much Madness is divinest Sense,' people are 'handled with a Chain' when they...

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think independently

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In 'Much Madness is divinest Sense,' the word Chain connotes:

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restraint

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Theme of 'Tell all the truth but tell it slant': truth conveyed indirectly.

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indirectly

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In 'Tell all the truth but tell it slant,' line 2 states, 'Success in Circuit lies.' Why did the poet choose 'lies'?

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has the double meaning of either 'exists' or 'makes a false statement.'

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Literal meaning of a word.

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denotation