Lesson Two
Poetic Nation: Emerging Voices in American Literature – Part II
Lesson Two continues our examination of poetry at the end of the nineteenth century with a close examination of the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Objectives
By the end of this lesson you should
- Better understand the importance of Emily Dickinson’s poetry in the emergence and growth of a unique American literature
- Be able to explicate or “unpack” her poems
- Have a general sense of the structure of her poems (meter, rhyme, grammar, and so on)
- Be familiar with several of her best known poems
- Be able to trace several of her most common themes in her work
Reading
Read online lesson commentary. See Course Schedule in the syllabus for assigned readings.