There’s a certain Slant of light (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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When does the 'certain Slant of light' occur in the poem?
When does the 'certain Slant of light' occur in the poem?
Winter afternoons
What does Dickinson compare the oppressive light to?
What does Dickinson compare the oppressive light to?
Cathedral tunes
What paradoxical phrase describes the pain caused by the light?
What paradoxical phrase describes the pain caused by the light?
Heavenly Hurt
What kind of scar does the 'Heavenly Hurt' leave?
What kind of scar does the 'Heavenly Hurt' leave?
No physical scar
Where does the light create an 'internal difference'?
Where does the light create an 'internal difference'?
Where the Meanings are
Can the experience of this light be taught to others?
Can the experience of this light be taught to others?
No, none may teach it
What does the light become according to lines 9-10?
What does the light become according to lines 9-10?
The Seal Despair
What type of affliction is the light described as?
What type of affliction is the light described as?
Imperial affliction
What does the landscape do when the light comes?
What does the landscape do when the light comes?
Listens
What do shadows do when the light appears?
What do shadows do when the light appears?
Hold their breath
What is the light compared to when it departs?
What is the light compared to when it departs?
The look of Death
What is the central theme of the poem?
What is the central theme of the poem?
Oppression and despair
What stylistic device creates pauses in the poem?
What stylistic device creates pauses in the poem?
Dashes
What common preoccupation of Dickinson's appears?
What common preoccupation of Dickinson's appears?
Death and mortality