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ibiblio

Ibiblio: E Book: Poems by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an e-text of the first published selection of the poems of Emily Dickinson (1830?1886) originally appeared in 1890, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The text contains 115 poems and can be searched by...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Emily Dickinson Poems [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of poems by Emily Dickinson. It includes seven poems and a link to the audio of one of them.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Poems, Series 1 by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the poetry collection Poems, Series 1 by Emily Dickinson. A Preface and Prelude are provided as well as the four sections of poetry: Life (26 poems), Love (28), Nature (31), and Time and Eternity (40).
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Poems, Series 2 by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the poetry collection Poems, Series 2 by Emily Dickinson. A Preface and Prelude are provided as well as the four sections of poetry: Life (47 poems), Love (16), Nature (41), and Time and Eternity (42).
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Emily Dickinson including a biography, the full text of three poetry collections: Poems, Series 1, Poems, Series 2, and Poems, Series 3, each set of poems is listed by topics.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Emily Dickinson and her poetry. It includes links to a Discovery Education video: "Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886: An Overview of Her Work" (registration required) and four of...
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Other

Erin's Poetry Pages: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a great deal of information on Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE) including the following sections: Biography, Magazine/Journal Articles, Some Favorite Poems, and Emily Links. The journal articles include critical reviews of some of...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Web English Teacher provides links to information and resources on the 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson. Included are lesson plans, biographical information, critical analyses, and the texts of hundreds of Dickinson's poems....
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Other

Emily Dickinson Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts offers a companion website with a wealth of information on Dickinson's life, including an illustrated timeline and a variety of short essays about special topics related to Dickinson's...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Emily Dickinson: Part One: Life Xi

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a poem from Emily Dickinson Complete Poems referred to as Part One: Life: Poem XI. It is about madness.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "'Hope' Is the Thing With Feathers" (254) by Emily Dickinson

For Students 7th - 9th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Emily Dickinson quotes three of her poems as illustrations.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems: Part Two: Nature: Xxiv

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem by Emily Dickinson numbered XXIV with the first line, "A narrow fellow in the grass." Links to contents and a bibliographic record are available.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems: Part One: Life: I

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem by Emily Dickinson numbered I with the first line, "Success is counted sweetest." Links to contents and a bibliographic record are available.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems: Part One: Life: Xcvi

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem by Emily Dickinson numbered XCVI with the first line, "My life closed twice before its close." Links to contents and a bibliographic record are available.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Crash Course explores the poetry of Emily Dickinson. From the biographical details of her life, to why her poems have remained relevant; from punctuation to cake recipes, here's a closer look. [10:11]
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE), an author widely acclaimed as one of America's greatest poets. Though she wrote nearly 2,000 poems, only a few were printed during her lifetime, and those...
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Other

The Classroom Electric: Spiders, the Web, and Dickinson & Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on Emily Dickinson's poem "A Spider sewed at Night" and Walt Whitman's poem "A Noiseless Patient Spider," the authors of this site seek to "explore the nature of creativity, artistry, and audience." They bring together existing...
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Other

Emily Dickinson: Early Feminist Essays (Pub. 1886 1915)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eclectic mix of Dickinson's letters, some early essays about her writing, and remembrances of her by friends and family. The texts of 32 of her poems are annotated with references to other Dickinson writings. The entire site...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of "Because I Could Not Stop For Death," by Emily Dickinson. This poem captures the overwhelming feeling of death. At the bottom of the page is another way to experience the poem, through Text Flow....
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Washington State University

Washington State University: American Authors: Reading Dickinson's Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are several questions and ideas one should keep in mind while reading the poems of Emily Dickinson.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1971 to commemorate poet Emily Dickinson. With a short passage on her life and contributions to American poetry.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: American Authors: Common Questions on Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, find responses to several questions concerning the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Learn about Dickinson's use of meter, her use of hymns, and about questions, one should consider while reading Dickinson.

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