Analysis Sheet 5 Poem Questions

Answer the questions for each Poem : 

  

Emily Dickinson

“I heard a Fly Buzz- when I died-” 

1. What is a blue fly?

1. Where is she during the poem?

1. What are the people around her doing?

“Because I could not stop for Death” 

1. What stages of life does the poem take you through?

1. Who is carrying her around?

1. How is she transported, and what does she see?

“I felt a funeral, in my brain” 

1. What does the poem mean by “…I dropped down, and down-“

1. Why does she feel there is a funeral in her brain?

"I’m Nobody! Who are you?” 

1. Why is  it better to be a nobody that a somebody?

1. Why are somebodies like frogs?

William Blake

“The Tyger” 

1. How does the tyger reflect the devil?

2.     Who made both?