As+Imperceptibly+as+Grief

Emily Dickinson December 10th 1830-May 15th 1886 Amherst, Massachusetts

 Education: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College Parents: Emily Norcross Dickinson, Edwards Dickinson Siblings: William Austin Dickinson, Lavinia Norcross Dickinson

" How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!"




 * "As Imperceptibly as Grief" **

As imperceptibly as Grief The Summer lapsed away— Too imperceptible at last To seem like Perfidy— A Quietness distilled <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As Twilight long begun, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Or Nature spending with herself <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;"> The Dusk drew earlier in— <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sequestered Afternoon— <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Morning foreign shone—

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> As Guest, that would be gone— A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And thus, without a Wing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Or service of a Keel <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Our Summer made her light escape <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Into the Beautiful...

<span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There's a certain slant of light, <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">On winter afternoons, <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">That oppresses, like the weight <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Of cathedral tunes.
 * "There's a Certain Slant of Light"**

<span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Heavenly hurt it gives us; <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We can find no scar, <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">But internal difference <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Where the meanings are.

<span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">None may teach it anything, <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">'Tis the seal, despair,- <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">An imperial affliction <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sent us of the air.

<span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When it comes, the landscape listens, <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Shadows hold their breath; <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When it goes, 'tis like the distance <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">On the look of death.

=**MAD LIB TIME!!!**=


 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Theme: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The change of ­­­­_goes___yet is__ __to human nature.__

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Imagery: ** __

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summer is ___and even when gone, leaves more beautiful ___.__

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Meter: **

Tetra_

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ** Emotion: ** __

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Even though in life are inevitable, it is better to_ them than dread and harrow over them.


 * Questions:**

1. The speaker's tone in "As Imperceptibly as Grief" is most likely: a. Melancholy b. Ecstatic c. Sequestered d. Content e. Admirable

2. The speaker in "As Imperceptibly as Grief" feels that the summer: a. Went by far too quickly b. Is the most beautiful time of year in Massachusetts c. Is too hot, especially from inside of her house d. Seeemd to leave without notice e. Is incomparable to Springtime

3. "As twilight long begun" (line 6) refers to: a. The coming and going of changes in life b. The moon appearing right after dusk c. The quietness of nighttime d. The summer coming to an end e. Dawn arising as quickly as twilight began

4. The message that both poems have in common is most likely: a. Summer and Winter are the most commendable seasons b. The changing of seasons is inevitable, like changes in human life c. Landscapes are the most inspiring images to write poems about d. Seasons are uninvited guests that take advantage of nature's vulnerability e. Winter is oppressive as Summer is courteous

5. The speaker compares winter to death in "There's a Certain Slant of Light" in order to explain: a. How winter brings out depression and suicidal thoughts in people more than any other season. b. The ambiance that winter brings is that of a funeral home. c. Death is inevitable just like the changing of seasons. d. Changing of seasons purges oppressed emotions, such as death releases all emotion to the individual. e. Winter is oppressive towards nature, and death is the greatest oppressor of nature.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Emily Dickinson's Poems." //CliffsNotes//. Cliffsnotes, n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2013. <http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/emily-dickinson-poems/poems/nature-scene-meaning.html>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grimes, Linda Sue. "Dickinson's As Imperceptibly as Grief." //101//. N.p., 1 Aug. 2009. Web. 7 Mar. 2013. <http://suite101.com/article/dickinsons-as-imperceptibly-as-grief-a134456>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Vere, Katherine De, ed. "Poetry Analysis: 'There's a Certain Slant of Light,' by Emily Dickinson." //Yahoo Website//. Yahoo inc., 29 Sept. 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2013. <http://voices.yahoo.com/poetry-analysis-theres-certain-slant-light-by-6880086.html>.
 * References:**