Starter quiz
- A direct comparison between two things using the verb 'to be' is known as....
- a simile
- a metaphor ✓
- personification
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- When discussing or writing about poetry you should try to...
- use quotations to support your ideas ✓
- explain the impact of the writer's choices ✓
- recall all the information about remember about the writer
- link back to the writer’s intentions ✓
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- What word is being defined here: 'the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another'?
- hibernate
- transition ✓
- cocoon
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- 'Grief' can be defined as...
- a state of calmness, peace, and tranquility
- deep sorrow or sadness, often due to loss ✓
- a feeling of excitement and joy
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- ______ in literature refers to how the author of the text feels about the subject matter, and how they convey this through their writing.
- 'tone' ✓
- The word 'imperceptible' means...
- unable to be noticed or detected by the senses ✓
- something clear and obvious to the senses
- something which can only be seen but not experienced through the other
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definitions.
- Imperceptible⇔unable to be noticed or detected by the senses ✓
- Grief⇔deep sorrow or sadness, often due to loss ✓
- Melancholy⇔a feeling of sadness or gloominess ✓
- Serenity⇔a state of calmness, peace, and tranquility ✓
- In 'As Imperceptibly as Grief' Dickinson's speaker discusses the transition between which two seasons?
- winter and spring
- spring and summer
- summer and autumn ✓
- autumn and winter
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- The poem 'As Imperceptibly as Grief' can be read as a metaphor for the passing of...
- 'time' ✓
- The line “As imperceptibly as grief/ The summer lapsed away,—” taken from 'As Imperceptibly as Grief' might suggest...
- life often passes us by ✓
- time can be slowed down
- the transtition is obvious
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- Starting with the first, put these quotations from 'As Imperceptibly as Grief' in the order they appear in the poem.
- 1⇔"As imperceptibly as grief/The summer lapsed away, —"
- 2⇔"A quietness distilled,/ As twilight long begun,"
- 3⇔"The dusk drew earlier in,/ The morning foreign shone, —"
- 4⇔"Our summer made her light escape/Into the beautiful."
- Overall, in 'As Imperceptibly as Grief' Dickinson employs a __________ tone.
- reflective ✓
- grieving
- hopeful ✓
- heartbroken
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Key learning points
- In Dickinson’s poem, the speaker discusses the transition between summer and autumn.
- The speaker says this transition is imperceptible, like grief.
- The poem can be read as a metaphor for the passing of time and grief, which can often be imperceptible
- There is a reflective, yet hopeful tone, encouraging the reader to not fear the passing of time.
Common misconception
This poem is about a speaker who is mourning the loss of summer.
The poem can also be read as a metaphor for the passing of time. Whilst there are moments which feel mournful in the poem, there is a sense of hope and encouragement.
Keywords
Imperceptible - unable to be noticed or detected by the senses
Grief - deep sorrow or sadness, often due to loss
Melancholy - a feeling of sadness or gloominess
Serenity - a state of calmness, peace, and tranquility
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