Emily Dickinson Poems

Match the poems to their central idea.

When you read this line from the poem ‘Almost’, ‘Within my reach! / I could have touched!’, what emotions or words come to your mind?

Explain how the author plays with words to amplify the visual and auditory quality of the poem ‘Almost’ through these lines:

Soft sauntered through the village,

Sauntered as soft away!

In poem II, the poet says everyone faces both difficulties and happiness; we fill empty moments with either bliss or scorn, experiencing clear goals or confusion, but clarity eventually emerges. Match the words from the poem to the idea they signify.

Accommodation is a common practice where a poem is assigned meanings it does not directly convey. Literal interpretation on the other hand extracts information solely available in the text.Categorize the following inferences of the poem ‘Almost’ under their respective category.

The poet says that if she can stop one heart from breaking or ease one life from aching, she will consider her life (a)   .

The editor writes in the Preface that ‘when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence’. Share a thought or idea, either from Dickinson’s poems or your own experience, that took your breath away.

Recite any one of the three poems in a fitting tone and pace.