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

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 describe the sky and the sea. Students will write their own poetry showing an understanding of metaphors.