Hamlet & Dickinson (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes
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What is the metre pattern Dickinson uses as a foundation before subverting it?
What is the metre pattern Dickinson uses as a foundation before subverting it?
Wattsian hymn metre
What effect do Dickinson's slant rhymes create in her poetry?
What effect do Dickinson's slant rhymes create in her poetry?
Perceptual estrangement & unease
What do Dickinson's dashes function as in her poetry?
What do Dickinson's dashes function as in her poetry?
Perceptual caesurae
Why does Dickinson capitalise abstract nouns like Soul, Death, and Beauty?
Why does Dickinson capitalise abstract nouns like Soul, Death, and Beauty?
For metaphysical personification
What purpose does Dickinson's domestic architecture imagery serve?
What purpose does Dickinson's domestic architecture imagery serve?
Domesticates metaphysical extremity
How is Death personified in Poem 103?
How is Death personified in Poem 103?
As a courteous gentleman caller
In Poem 40, which repeated word separated by dashes creates a drumbeat effect?
In Poem 40, which repeated word separated by dashes creates a drumbeat effect?
treading
What does Poem 64 argue about madness and sense?
What does Poem 64 argue about madness and sense?
Much Madness is divinest Sense
What does the Brain have in Poem 96 that surpasses Material Place?
What does the Brain have in Poem 96 that surpasses Material Place?
Corridors
What does the Gossamer Gown in Poem 103 represent?
What does the Gossamer Gown in Poem 103 represent?
Fragile boundary between life & death