Transcript Dickinson Project - Livaudais English Classroom | English

Dickinson Project
2nd Block Livaudais
Emily
Dickinson
Poem
Tim W.
H. English III Block 2
11/5/11
T’is So Much Joy
By: Emily Dickinson

’T is so much joy! ’T is so much joy!
If I should fail, what poverty!
And yet, as poor as I
Have ventured all upon a throw;
Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so
This side the victory!
Life is but life, and death but death!
Bliss is but bliss, and breath but breath!
And if, indeed, I fail,
At least to know the worst is sweet.
Defeat means nothing but defeat,
No drearier can prevail!
And if I gain,—oh, gun at sea,
Oh, bells that in the steeples be,
At first repeat it slow!
For heaven is a different thing
Conjectured, and waked sudden in,
And might o’erwhelm me so!
I chose this image because
the poem talks about
failure and achieving a
goal. In the picture the
darkness surrounding the
man represents the place
he could go if he failed.
The light however and
following the path of light
would bring the person to
his goal and his success.
Analysis


Emily Dickinson in this poem is saying that failure is
bad and sucks, but when a person win or achieve
a goal a person sets for themselves it, they will be
full of happiness.
She accomplishes her meaning through the words
she uses. When she says “Defeat means nothing
but defeat” she is saying that all failure means is
that you have failed, no excuses. Then when she
goes on to explain the happiness she says
“Conjectured, and waked sudden in, And might
o’erwhelm me so” which is saying how the sudden
feel of success is overwhelming.
Analysis Cont.…
 When
she says “bells that in the steeples
be” it gives the image of bells in church.
She uses this as an image of joy, because
when the reader reads that line they think
of the happiness they feel from hearing
the bells after church, wedding, or joyful
occasion.
“The Wind begun to rock
the Grass”
By: Emily Dickinson
The Wind begun to rock the
Grass
The Wind begun to rock the Grass
The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak
With threatening Tunes and low --
And then a livid Claw.
He threw a Menace at the Earth -A Menace at the Sky.
The Birds put up the Bars to Nests -The Cattle fled to Barns --
The Leaves unhooked themselves
from Trees -And started all abroad
The Dust did scoop itself like Hands
And threw away the Road.
The Wagons quickened on the Streets
The Thunder hurried slow --
There came one drop of Giant Rain
And then as if the Hands
That held the Dams had parted hold
The Waters Wrecked the Sky,
But overlooked my Father's House -Just quartering a Tree --
Analysis
 The meaning of this poem is that there is a huge
thunderstorm coming in and many are taking refuge or
shelter. Dickinson accomplishes her meaning of the
story by giving vivid details of what appears to be
happening. She uses a lot of imagery in this poem.
“The Leaves unhook themselves from Trees” and “The
Lightning showed a yellow beak, and then a livid claw”
both of these quotes are examples of some imagery
used. Dickinson also uses personification “The Dust did
scoop itself like Hands And threw away the Road.”
Picture and Why
The image I chose
relates to the
poem because it
shows a storm
coming in. It
contains grass
that is being
moved by wind as
the storm
approaches. This
picture shows
what the author
might of imagined
as she wrote her
poem.
Death Sets A Thing
Emily Dickinson
Death sets a thing significant
The eye had hurried by,
Except a perished creature
Entreat us tenderly
To ponder little workmanships
In crayon or in wool,
With "This was last her fingers did,"
Industrious until
The thimble weighed too heavy,
The stitches stopped themselves,
And then 't was put among the dust
Upon the closet shelves.
A book I have, a friend gave,
Whose pencil, here and there,
Had notched the place that pleased him,-At rest his fingers are.
Now, when I read, I read not,
For interrupting tears
Obliterate the etchings
Too costly for repairs.
An old lady crocheting.
Death Sets A Thing
Emily Dickinson
This is what I get from this
poem whenever I read it,
Emily Dickinson is strangly
looking at death and is saying
that once a loved one is
deceased the value of the
objects that are left behind
increases. Like a once
insignificant object is now
valuable because someone
you loved left it behind.
This picture related to the
poem because in the poem it
says "To ponder little
workmanships
In crayon or in wool,
With "This was last her fingers
did,"
Industrious until..." which i
percieve as an elderly women
doing a craft with wool and
this is what she did until she
died.
Jasmine B.
A door just opened on a street.
By: Emily Dickinson
A door just opened on a street.
 A door just opened on a street- I, lost, was passing by- An instant's width of warmth disclosed
 and wealth, and company.
 The door as sudden shut, and I,
 I, lost, was passing by,--
 Lost doubly, but by contrast most,
 Enlightening misery.
MEANINGIn this poem Dickinson is talking
about her life and how society
shuts her out. She explains the
feeling of peace she has when she
sees an open door in her life, and
how for a second she even feels
warm and welcomed. But just as
soon as she fits in she is shut out.
She is trying to convey that in life
society is “fake” and even if you try
to fit in, eventually reality will shut
you out.
She explains in the beginning and in
the ending of the poem how she is
“lost”. This shows that when you’re
looking to be accepted you’ll still be
lost, and even when you feel like
you’ve found it, your still lost. You can
learn that in life, society isn’t always
how you should and that you will have
millions of “doors” shut in your face
until you can find your inner self and
truly know where you belong.
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one Pain
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again
I shall not live in Vain.
In this poem, I felt that the meaning of it was
how Emily Dickinson feels the sorrow of other people
and how she would feel accomplished even if she just
helped one person. She accomplishes her meaning in
the poem by talking about how she will not live in
vain if she helped relieve someone else's pain. The
image she uses in this is a Robin fainted, and how she
would help put it into its nest to be safe. She uses this
as imagery to help create a picture in your head to
help you understand the meaning of the poem.
The image I chose to relate to this poem is a
picture that expresses a helping hand. The reason
why I chose this image is because it shows how Emily
Dickinson would feel content if she helped at least
one person.