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City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Melani: Emily Dickinson
This webpage is a handout for a course on Emily Dickinson's poetry. It features information about Dickinson's life, her poems, her style, and her themes including: the inner world; death; pain, separation, and ecstasy; love; God and...
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Emily Dickinson: An Overview
This site is actually the study guide for the Emily Dickinson section of a course titled "The Emergence of the Modern," taught at Brooklyn College. Though it is written for college students, it should be accessible to high school...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Poet Emily Dickinson
As part of a unit on Emily Dickinson and her poetry, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Dickinson: Poetry
Guide for exploring the poetry of Emily Dickinson provides historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit for teachers. Includes a radio show and transcript with poems cited from The Poems of Emily...
National Endowment for the Humanities
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...
Other
Communicate Science: 3 Science Poems by Emily Dickinson
Make poetry part of a cross-curricular study with these three poems by Emily Dickinson.
Other
Shadow Poetry: Emily Dickinson
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.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: As if Some Little Arctic Flower
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "As If Some Little Arctic Flower", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Baffled for Just a Day or Two
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Baffled for Just a Day or Two --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Lauren Schaffel and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: I Held a Jewel in My Fingers
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Held a Jewel in My Fingers--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jan Stewart and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: My Nosegays Are for Captives
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "My Nosegays Are for Captives --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Portraits Are to Daily Faces
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Portraits Are to Daily Faces", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: By Chivalries as Tiny
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "By Chivalries as Tiny", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Glowing Is Her Bonnet
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Glowing Is Her Bonnet", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: I Never Hear the Word "Escape"
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Never Hear the Word 'Escape'", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Stephanie Chan and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: I Stepped From Plank to Plank
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Stepped from Plank to Plank", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: If My Bark Sink
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If My Bark Sink", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Sophia On and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Love Is Anterior to Life
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Love is Anterior to Life", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jena Johnson and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: Purple Is Fashionable Twice
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Purple--Is Fashionable Twice--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: The Riddle We Can Guess
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Riddle We Can Guess", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Ellie Wen and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: The Soul Selects Her Own Society
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Soul selects Her Own Society--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jan Stewart and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us: You're Right
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "You're Right", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jan Stewart and can access a printable version of this piece.
CommonLit
Common Lit: I Like to See It Lap the Miles
A learning module that begins with the poem "I like to See it Lap the Miles" by Emily Dickinson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Repeat After Us: The Rainbow Never Tells Me
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Rainbow Never Tells Me", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.