Emily+Dickinson+(3rd+Academic)



in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was the second of three children born to Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Her brother was one year older than she, and her sister Lavinia was two years younger. __Education__ - Emily Dickinson's father regarded education as essential to his children's future but he believed it was essential for children to think for themselves. Initially, Emily attended the town's one-room school, but by the time she was ten years old she was a student at Amherst Academy. Emily attended Amherst College. One of her teachers recalled, "Her compositions were strikingly original, and in both thought and style seemed beyond her years." Besides writing, Emily also enjoyed music. With the exception of six poems that appeared in newspapers at various times, and another that appeared in a collection of stories and poems in 1878, Emily Dickinson never published her work. ** || **Major Works: Emily never had a book published but her poems would appear in collections of poems and in newspapers. ** || A ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!"** There seemed a purple stile Which little yellow boys and girls Were climbing all the while Till when they reached the other side, A dominie in gray Put gently up the evening bars, And led the flock away. ** || -**My personal reaction** is that I really loved how she used imagery and personification to describe the beautiful sunrise. -**Poetic Devices**: //Simile:// In the 4th line, she is talking about how news spreads as fast as squirrels. //Imagery:// Throughout the poem, the author is describing what the sunrise sounds like, looks like, and feels like. //Personification:// The author is personifying the hills when she says that they "untie their bonnets." shows that it is always good to appreciate the simple things in life. Are you -- Nobody -- Too? Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell! they'd advertise -- you know!
 * **Biography **
 * __Childhood__ - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830
 * **I'll tell you how the sun rose,--
 * But how he set, I know not.
 * Theme:** The theme is most likely the beauty and simplicity of nature. It
 * Rhyme Scheme** - ABCDEFGFHIJHKLK ||
 * ** I'm Nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson **
 * I'm Nobody! Who are you?

How dreary -- to be -- Somebody! How public -- like a Frog -- To tell one's name -- the livelong June -- To an admiring Bog! ** || **My personal reaction -** I think that Emily Dickinson is expressing the fact that she really enjoys being on her own and separated from the rest of the world. I can tell that she ridicules the idea of being famous. the first stanza), she uses similes (where she is comparing a "Somebody" to a frog using the workd "like"). famous to have a good life and sometimes, fame can be a bad thing. There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin, Never mind silent fields - Here is a little forest, Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has been; In its unfading flowers I hear the bright bee hum: Prithee, my brother, || **My personal reaction** - To me, this poem is saying that even though there is "darkness and faded forests," there will always be "another sky" where there are "unfading flowers and evergreen leaves." Personally, I think that she is showing the difference between heaven and Earth when she talks about another sky. to heaven and the present darkness to hard life on Earth. There is also the use of rhyme and imagery because Dickinson is describing the scene of a "new sky." even if it seems like times are bad.
 * Poetic Devices** - In this poem, Emily Dickinson uses rhyming (mostly in
 * Theme -** The theme of this poem is that you don't always have to be
 * Rhyme Scheme:** AABCDEFE ||
 *  There is another sky by Emily Dickinson
 * Poetic Devices -** The poem as a whole is a metaphor comparing a new sky
 * Theme -** The theme of this poem is that there is beauty to look forward to
 * Rhyme Scheme -** ABCDEFGHIHJKL ||

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