Emily Dickinson Poem Assignment Due: Tuesday, March 20^th

Everyone in the class should read these 9 poems PLUS ONE OF YOUR OWN CHOICE:

Poem Number	First Line & (Year)	Page number (in our book)
269 [249]	Wild Nights – Wild Nights! (1862)	1205 & 1206
320 [258]	There’s a certain Slant of light (1862)	1205
340 [280]	I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (1862)	1207
236 [324]	Some keep the Sabbath going to Church (1861)	1203 - 1204
347 [348]	I dreaded that first Robin, so, (1862)	1208
519 [441]	This is my letter to the World (1863)	1215
591 [465]	I heard a Fly buzz – when I died (1863)	1215
764 [754]	My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun (1863)	1218 - 1219
788 [709]	Publication – is the Auction (1863)	1219
???	Plus one poem of your choice from our book	???

Additionally, please read the article, “Emily Dickinson’s Secret Lover!” that I handed out in class.

Please remember that Dickinson’s work is challenging poetry. Take your time reading and re-reading. Make notes for discussion. You might try writing out your interpretation for a couple of the poems to help practice paraphrasing and re-interpreting the poems. Don’t give up easily! Please mark up your books and make notes to help our discussion of the poems in class.