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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 2: Responding to Emily Dickinson: Poetic Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 2: Responding to Emily Dickinson: Poetic Analysis. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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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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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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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Women's Studies Database: Emily Dickinson Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the text to more than one hundred poems by Emily Dickinson. It also includes an introduction with a little information about her poetry.
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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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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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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: 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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American Poets: Emily Dickinson Biography and Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on the life of poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE) that discusses her childhood, personal life, and her literary career. Includes links to the text of 500 of her poems.
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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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Primary
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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Shadow Poetry: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
What type of poetry did Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE) write? Explore this informative website to learn more about this famous author. Includes text of twelve of her poems.
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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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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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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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Tips for Reading Dickinson's Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions for engaging in close reading of Emily Dickinson's poetry are provided on this site.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Analyzing the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students examine ways in which life events of a poet influence the poetry written. After researching Emily Dickinson's biography, students analyze her poetry and present a collage depicting one poem. The lesson can be easily adapted to...
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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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Dickinson Electronic Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
A central location for the study of resources related to Emily Dickinson.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination: "Leap, Plashless"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to Emily Dickinson's poetry which often reveals a child-like fascination with the natural world. Students examine how she writes perceptively of butterflies, birds, and bats and uses lucid metaphors to...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 1: In Emily Dickinson's Own Words: Letters and Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 1: In Emily Dickinson's Own Words: Letters and Poems. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

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