Content and Style in Emily Dickinson's Poems

Question 1

Consider the word choice in the second stanza, and then answer the questions.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ a destructive wind; a destructive wind; Hope would seem less powerful.

Question 2

Hope would seem more powerful.X Hope would be seen unbeatable.✔ Hope would seem less powerful.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Hope would seem less powerful.

Question 3

X ominous and spooky✔ optimistic and expectantcomical and whimsical

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ optimistic and expectant

Question 4

✔ “perches in the soul”“the gale is heard”“never, in extremity”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ “perches in the soul”

Question 5

disappointedX confused✔ impressed

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ impressed

Question 6

“without the words”✔ “never stops at all”“I’ve heard it”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ “never stops at all”

Content and Style in Emily Dickinson's Poems Answers