Dickinson’s poems

Two one page essays. One on Forever is composed of nows and one on I felt a funeral in my brain.

Instructions:

Connect the poem’s form to its content. What literary devices (meter, rhyme scheme, figurative language, etc.) does the poet use to create meaning? It is not enough to

say what the poem is about (content). You must also discuss how content is shaped by the poet’s rhetorical choices (form). The meaning of the poem–your analysis and

interpretation–derives from your understanding of how form and content work together.

Dickinson’s poems

Two one page essays. One on Forever is composed of nows and one on I felt a funeral in my brain.

Instructions:

Connect the poem’s form to its content. What literary devices (meter, rhyme scheme, figurative language, etc.) does the poet use to create meaning? It is not enough to

say what the poem is about (content). You must also discuss how content is shaped by the poet’s rhetorical choices (form). The meaning of the poem–your analysis and

interpretation–derives from your understanding of how form and content work together.