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In this activity, students model Dickinson’s poem by exploring a realistic turn on a commonly used idea.
Dickinson’s poem initially suggests that love conquers all, including time; in the last stanza, however, the speaker admits that time is difficult to conquer and that waiting is very hard. The trope of “love conquers all” is a commonly represented idea in stories. When an idea is very commonly used, it might also be considered trite or clichéd.
- The hero always wins.
- What goes around comes around.
- Everything works out in the end.
Teaching Suggestion: This assignment can be varied according to a desired focus. For example, students could write with a specific rhyme scheme, in ballad format, or using a specific number of tangible images or metaphors and similes.
By Emily Dickinson
A Bird, came down the Walk
Emily Dickinson
A Clock stopped—
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A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096)
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily Dickinson
"Faith" is a fine invention
Emily Dickinson
Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
Emily Dickinson
Hope is a strange invention
Emily Dickinson
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers
Emily Dickinson
I Can Wade Grief
Emily Dickinson
I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind
Emily Dickinson
I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
Emily Dickinson
If I should die
Emily Dickinson
I heard a Fly buzz — when I died
Emily Dickinson
I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
Emily Dickinson
Much Madness is divinest Sense—
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Success Is Counted Sweetest
Emily Dickinson
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Emily Dickinson
The Only News I Know
Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book
Emily Dickinson