Dickinson: I heard a fly & Because I could not...

The speakers in "Because I could not stop for Death--" and " I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--" are both

• taking a journey with Death
• recalling their own deaths
• waiting for God to come
• watching events from their lives 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Reread lines 9-12 of "Because I could not stop for Death---."  The images in these lines most likely represent the 

• progression of life from childhood to death
• complexity of small children's games
• amount of sunlight a crop needs to grow
• speaker's affection for the countryside 

Which description best fits Death in "Because I could not stop for Death__"?

• a courteous friend
• a talkative friend
• a brooding master 
• an elderly relative 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Death's carriage in "Because I could not stop Death" holds all of the following except - - 

• the speaker
• Death 
• the reader 
• immortality

The three things the carriage passes are noteworthy because they--

• represent modern industrialization
• embody the society that Dickinson avoided
• were the places that she once knew in life
• show that Dickinson regretted her seclusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In the fifth stanza of "Because I could  not stop for Death," the horses pause at the House because--

• it is the only familiar place
• they are too frightened to proceed
• they are in need of food and water
• it is the speaker's grave

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In "I heard a Fly buzz--when I died," the speaker prepared for death by--

• catching a fly
• asking the King to help her overcome her illness
• writing to everyone she loved
• willing away her possessions

How does the speaker feel about death in "I heard a fly buzz--when I died"?

• She is angry to be taken so soon
• She accepts death quietly
• She vows to overcome her illness
• She strikes a bargain with God

The way death is portrayed in "Because I could not stop for Death" is ironic because Death is seen as --

• scarey
• comforting
• avoidable
• unattractive

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is ironic about the buzzing of the fly in "I heard a Fly buzz--when I died"?

• Unlike the speaker, the fly is aware of death

• The speaker describes the beauty of the fly

• God was expected in the room at the time of the speaker's death, but a fly interrupted instead.

• The buzzing of the fly makes the speaker cling harder to life