Famous Poet Padlet Project by Seth Siev

By: Seth Siev

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Emily Dickinson

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Biography

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Emily Dickinson was a poet who lived during the 19th century. She had gone to school for only a year and lived most of her life in seclusion and isolation(Emily Dickinson). She met very few people throughout her life, but they all impacted the poems she wrote in one way or another (Emily Dickinson). She was inspired by the works of 17th century poets and her works reflect this (Emily Dickinson). She made a total of over 1,800 poems over her life and they were all compacted into a total of "forty hand-bound volumes" (Emily Dickinson). Her companions were her siblings Austin, who lived next door with his wife Susan, and Lavina, who also lived in seclusion for most of her life similar to Emily (Emily Dickinson).

Bibliography

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Anonymous. "Emily Dickinson." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 22 June 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Anonymous. "Emily Dickinson." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Dickinson, Emily. "There Is No Frigate like a Book by Emily Dickinson Analysis & Poem."Poem of Quotes: Read, Write, Learn. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2017. .
Dickinson, Emily. "Success Is Counted Sweetest (112)." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2017. .

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Poem 1: There is no Frigate like a Book

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There is no Frigate like a Book 
To take us Lands away 
Nor any Coursers like a Page 
Of prancing Poetry- 
This Traverse may the poorest take Without opress of Toll- 
How frugal is the Chariot 
That bears the Human soul

Poem 1 Analysis

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The poem describes how books can take you to places far away from reality. The theme is that books can be very influential and take you anywhere you want to go. The poem has some similes put in to emphasize the comparison of a book to a frigate train and other objects. "There is no Frigate like a Book" (There is no). This means that a book can be comparable to that of a frigate and how it takes you away: a frigate to another place and a book to the world of literature. Furthermore, the simile strengthens the comparison of a book and a frigate by giving it more emphasis. The meaning of the poem as a whole is that books are a way to take you away from reality and into the places of your imagination. "To take us Lands away" (There is no). This means that books can take you to places "away" from where you are at the time. Emily Dickinson had lived in seclusion and she took an interest to literature (Emily Dickinson, Poetry Foundation).

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Poem 2: Success is counted sweetest

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Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne'er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple Host

Who took the Flag today

Can tell the definition

So clear of victory

As he defeated – dying –

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strains of triumph

Burst agonized and clear!

Poem 2 Analysis

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The poem describes the feeling of success. The theme is that success comes through suffering and hard work. The poem uses metaphors to compare success to something, such as sweetness. "Success is counted sweetest" (Success is counted). This means that success is comparable to something sweet, in any way you interpret it as. In addition, success gives you a feeling of achievement, which can be sweet as well. The meaning of the poem is that success is sweet and is one of the best experiences that someone can have. For example, the poem states that "The distant strains of triumph/ Burst agonized and clear!" (Success is counted). The context of this statement means that those who struggled triumphed and succeeded in the end, meaning that in the end they were successful. In summary, this poem is about the virtues of success and the feeling of achievement and triumph you feel once you achieve it.

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Terms used in the poems

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Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." "Success is counted sweetest" (Success is counted). This statement is comparing success to sweetness without using "like" or "as", making it a metaphor.
Simile: A figure of speech that compares two things that are basically unlike yet have something in common with the use of "like" or "as." "There is no Frigate like a Book" (There is no). This statement uses the word "like" to compare a frigate to a book, making it a simile.
Imagery- The descriptive language used in literature to recreate sensory experiences relating to sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell. "The distant strains of triumph/ Burst loud and clear!" (Success is counted). These lines describe the sounds of triumph and how loud and clear it was.
Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds of several words in a group. "This Traverse may the poorest take" (There is no). This line repeats the short "t" sound in the words "traverse", "poorest" and "take".
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables containing dissimilar consonant sounds. "Who took the Flag today" (Success is counted). The stretched "o" sound is repeated in "who" and "today".
Accent: When a part of a word, phrase or sentence is spoken with greater force or stronger tone. "How frugal is the Chariot" (There is no). The word "is" is emphasized more than the other words in the line, giving it an accent