Emily Dickinson (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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When was Emily Dickinson born?
When was Emily Dickinson born?
December 10, 1830
Where was Emily Dickinson born?
Where was Emily Dickinson born?
Amherst, Massachusetts
Schools Dickinson attended
Schools Dickinson attended
Amherst Academy & Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Dickinson's lifestyle characteristic
Dickinson's lifestyle characteristic
Reclusiveness/isolation
Dickinson's marital status
Dickinson's marital status
Never married
Nature theme poem example
Nature theme poem example
A Bird Came Down the Walk
Death theme poem example
Death theme poem example
Because I could not stop for Death
Identity theme poem example
Identity theme poem example
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Love theme poem example
Love theme poem example
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Dickinson's punctuation technique
Dickinson's punctuation technique
Dashes & unconventional punctuation
Dickinson's capitalisation technique
Dickinson's capitalisation technique
Capitalises common nouns for emphasis
What is slant rhyme?
What is slant rhyme?
Ending consonants match, vowels don't
Hope metaphor in Dickinson's poetry
Hope metaphor in Dickinson's poetry
Bird that perches in the soul
Dickinson's religious influence
Dickinson's religious influence
Puritan upbringing
Poets who influenced Dickinson
Poets who influenced Dickinson
Brownings, Keats, Brontë sisters