The Use Of Rhetorical Devices In Emily Dickinson's Poetry

The main texts presented throughout this learning segment include poems written by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, transcendentalist poets from the nineteenth century who made everlasting contributions to the literary field through their usage of authentic writing techniques and rhetorical devices. Emily Dickinson’s usage of traditional verse to compose her poetry with highly structured form and meter will be examined in the second lesson through the poems “I’m Nobody,” “If I Can Stop,” “The Brain,” “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” and “Success is Counted Sweetest.” These poems appeal to differentiated instruction because the first two utilize concrete, literal language, while the remainder have abstract meanings. Students who need more