Theres a Certain Slant of Light
There\u2019s a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons \u2013
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes \u2013<\/p>\n
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us \u2013
We can find no scar,
But internal difference,
Where the Meanings, are \u2013<\/p>\n
None may teach it \u2013 Any \u2013
\u2018Tis the Seal Despair \u2013
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the Air \u2013<\/p>\n
When it comes, the Landscape listens \u2013
Shadows \u2013 hold their breath \u2013
When it goes, \u2019tis like the Distance
On the look of Death \u2013<\/p>\n
Poem 303 \u2013 The Soul Selects her own Society
The Soul selects her own Society \u2014
Then \u2014 shuts the Door \u2014
To her divine Majority \u2014
Present no more \u2014<\/p>\n
Unmoved \u2014 she notes the Chariots \u2014 pausing \u2014
At her low Gate \u2014
Unmoved \u2014 an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat \u2014<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve known her \u2014 from an ample nation \u2014
Choose One \u2014
Then \u2014 close the Valves of her attention \u2014
Like Stone \u2014<\/p>\n
Poem 465 \u2013 I heard a Fly buzz \u2013 when I died
I heard a Fly buzz \u2013 when I died \u2013
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air \u2013
Between the Heaves of Storm \u2013<\/p>\n
The Eyes around \u2013 had wrung them dry \u2013
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset \u2013 when the King
Be witnessed \u2013 in the Room \u2013<\/p>\n
I willed my Keepsakes \u2013 Signed away
What portions of me be
Assignable \u2013 and then it was
There interposed a Fly \u2013<\/p>\n
With Blue \u2013 uncertain stumbling Buzz \u2013
Between the light \u2013 and me \u2013
And then the Windows failed \u2013 and then
I could not see to see \u2013<\/p>\n
Poem 754 \u2013 My Life had stood \u2013 a Loaded Gun
My Life had stood \u2014 a Loaded Gun \u2013
In Corners \u2014 till a Day
The Owner passed \u2014 identified \u2013
And carried Me away \u2013<\/p>\n
And now We roam in Sovereign Woods \u2013
And now We hunt the Doe \u2013
And every time I speak for Him \u2013
The Mountains straight reply \u2013<\/p>\n
And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow \u2013
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let its pleasure through \u2013<\/p>\n
And when at Night \u2014 Our good Day done \u2013
I guard My Master\u2019s Head \u2013
\u2018Tis better than the Eider-Duck\u2019s
Deep Pillow \u2014 to have shared \u2013<\/p>\n
To foe of His \u2014 I\u2019m deadly foe \u2013
None stir the second time \u2013
On whom I lay a Yellow Eye \u2013
Or an emphatic Thumb \u2013<\/p>\n
Though I than He \u2014 may longer live
He longer must \u2014 than I \u2013
For I have but the power to kill,
Without \u2014 the power to die \u2013<\/p>\n
Poem 1129 \u2013 Tell all the Truth but tell it slant
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant \u2013
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth\u2019s superb surprise<\/p>\n
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind \u2013
Instructions:<\/p>\n
Using the 5 poems above, answer the following 2 questions with at least 5 sentences each<\/p>\n
1. For many years, critics believed Emily Dickinson suffered from agoraphobia, a social disorder that makes one fearful of leaving his or her house (sometimes even one room!). However, her poetry could be interpreted in a way that suggests Dickinson, rather than being afraid of people, was contemptuous of people. Support this position by using examples from her poems.
2. Dickinson\u2019s poems often engage, directly or subtly, with her own solitude and anonymity as an artist. Describe the variety of ways and moods in which this situation is addressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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