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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Emily Dickinson (1830 1886)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of critical reviews of 16 of Emily Dickinson's poems. Most poems are analyzed by multiple critics. In addition, there are two biographical sketches, and essays examining her use of the dash and her lack of titles.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Letters From Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent lesson plan in which students study and analyze the letters that Emily Dickinson wrote to Thomas Higginson and to her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, as a method of understanding her poetry in a deeper sense....
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Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an abstract and the text for an article which appeared in "Explicator." The article provides the text and a line-by-line analysis of the poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson. Provides references...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a brief biography of Emily Dickinson, as well as a link to the full texts of several poems and the dates they were written including: "Fame is a Fickle Food," "I Heard a Fly Buzz," and "The Soul Unto Itself."
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Skyview High School: Poem Analysis Method: Tpcastt

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an example of a poem analysis using the TPCASTT method; it uses the poem "After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes" by Emily Dickinson.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: I Often Passed the Village

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Often Passed the Village", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: It Was Given to Me by the Gods

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "It Was Given to Me by the Gods --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Make Me a Picture of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Make Me a Picture of the Sun --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: They Shut Me Up in Prose

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "They Shut Me Up In Prose --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: As Children Bid the Guest

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "As Children Bid the Guest", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Bobby Allen and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: I Haven't Told My Garden Yet

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Haven't Told My Garden Yet --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: The Murmur of a Bee

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "IThe Murmur of a Bee", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: We Don't Cry Tim and I

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "We Don't Cry--Tim and I", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: We Learn in the Retreating

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "We Learn in the Retreating", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Angels, in the Early Morning

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Angels, in the Early Morning", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: This Heart That Broke So Long

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "This Heart That Broke So Long--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Flowers Well if Anybody

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Flowers--Well--If Anybody", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jocelyn Medawar and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: If I Should Cease to Bring a Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If I Should Cease to Bring a Rose", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: I Went to Heaven

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Went to Heaven --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: An Awful Tempest Mashed the Air

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "An Awful Tempest Mashed the Air", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Nobody Knows This Little Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Nobody Knows This Little Rose --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Allison Karic and can access a printable version of this piece.

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