Poetry & Emily Dickinson

What is a rhyme scheme?

• the lyrics of a poem

• whether a poem rhymes or not

• the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

• how many lines are in the stanza

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Emily Dickinson was famous for which kind of rhyme?

• not rhyming

• slight rhyme

• short rhyme

• slant rhyme

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Determine the rhyme scheme of the following:

I let her garden go.

let it go, let it go

How can I watch the hummingbird

Hover to sip

With its beak's tip

The purple bee balm—whirring as we heard

It years ago?

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How were Emily Dickinson's poems titled?

• By her sister

• By using the first line of the poem

• By choosing the best line of the poem

• By Emily

Which of the following is an example of a slant rhyme?

• hop and mop

• bridge and grudge

• fork and spoon

• jump and pump

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Emily Dickinson was a recluse

• True

• False

Which of these is a common theme in Emily's poetry?

• Christmas

• Marriage

• Jewelry

• Death

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What is this poem about?

We grow accustomed to the Dark —

When Light is put away —

As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp

To witness her Good bye —

A Moment — We Uncertain step

For newness of the night —

Then — fit our Vision to the Dark —

And meet the Road — erect —

And so of larger — Darknesses —

Those Evenings of the Brain —

When not a Moon disclose a sign —

Or Star — come out — within —

The Bravest — grope a little —

And sometimes hit a Tree

Directly in the Forehead —

But as they learn to see —

Either the Darkness alters —

Or something in the sight

Adjusts itself to Midnight —

And Life steps almost straight.

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Emily's poems were wildly famous during her lifetime

• True

• False

Emily was known to almost always wear what color?

• Red

• Blue

• Black

• White

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