Dickinson — Context, Voice, and Poetic Vision (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes
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During which decades did Dickinson write her prescribed poems?
During which decades did Dickinson write her prescribed poems?
1850s-1860s
What proportion of Dickinson's 1,800 poems were composed during the American Civil War years?
What proportion of Dickinson's 1,800 poems were composed during the American Civil War years?
Approximately half
What is slant rhyme in Dickinson's poetry?
What is slant rhyme in Dickinson's poetry?
Similar but not identical sounds
What effect do Dickinson's dashes create in her poetry?
What effect do Dickinson's dashes create in her poetry?
Psychological discontinuity
What religious tradition did Dickinson notably reject?
What religious tradition did Dickinson notably reject?
Formal church membership
Why does Dickinson capitalise words like 'Soul', 'Death', and 'Immortality'?
Why does Dickinson capitalise words like 'Soul', 'Death', and 'Immortality'?
Metaphysical personification
In Poem 64, what does 'Much Madness is divinest Sense' demonstrate?
In Poem 64, what does 'Much Madness is divinest Sense' demonstrate?
Psychiatric inversion
How is Death portrayed in Poem 103?
How is Death portrayed in Poem 103?
As a courteous gentleman caller
What is common measure (hymn meter) in Dickinson's poetry?
What is common measure (hymn meter) in Dickinson's poetry?
Alternating 8 and 6 syllable lines
What does 'The Brain has Corridors—surpassing Material Place' (Poem 96) establish?
What does 'The Brain has Corridors—surpassing Material Place' (Poem 96) establish?
Internal gothic terror