Emily Dickinson

The best paraphrase for the above lines is:

• I stopped work and recreation, because he was so nice

• I put my tools away and went to the carriage with him

• The speaker is talking about pushing work and pleasure to the side to go with Death.

• Death picked me up in a carriage and I joined him to ride into the sunset.

Yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb of me.

The best paraphrase of that line is:

• Even when we went farther out, it didn't need anything.

• I didn't leave any crumbs after dinner.

• Even in the hardest times, it never asked anything from me.

• The author wants us to know that hope never asks anything in return.

What does the poet describe as the thing with feathers?

• life

• hope

• song

• soul

The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• Times of bad weather

• Hard or painful times

• Pleasant times

• Times of success and growth

In "'Hope is the Thing With Feathers",

the bird is a _________________ for __________________.

• simile, hope

• metaphor, hope

• personification, hope

• personification, bird

Read these lines from the poem:

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

What does the word "abash" most nearly mean, based on these lines?

• To confuse

• To support

• To praise

• To silence

Which author's poetry focused more on isolation and death?

• Walt Whitman

• Emily Dickinson

What type of person was Emily Dickinson?

• Social and Outgoing

• Traveled a lot

• Gregarious

• Private and Shy

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are both poets of what century?

• 18th century

• 19th century

• 20th century

• 21st century

The difference between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson poetry is

• Walt wrote short simple poetry, while Emily was more wordy and lengthy

• They had similar writing styles

• Dickinson wrote simple short poetry, Whitman wrote long, wordy descriptions

• There was no difference