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“If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking”
by Emily Dickinson
1 If I can stop one heart from breaking
2 I shall not live in vain*
3 If I can ease one life the aching,
4 Or cool one pain,
5 Or help one fainting robin
6 Unto his nest again,
7 I shall not live in vain
*Definition of “vain”: without effect or avail; to no purpose
QUESTION 1:
What is the theme of this poem?
Always help animals
Even if you only do one small good thing, it is still a good thing
Doing a good deed will always bring reward
If you are going to do something good, make sure someone else sees it.
“If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking”
by Emily Dickinson
1 If I can stop one heart from breaking
2 I shall not live in vain*
3 If I can ease one life the aching,
4 Or cool one pain,
5 Or help one fainting robin
6 Unto his nest again,
7 I shall not live in vain
*Definition of “vain”: without effect or avail; to no purpose
QUESTION 2:
What is the literary device used in lines 2 and 7?
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Irony
Repetition
What reading strategies could you use when trying to analyze poetry?
Reading more than once
Chunking & Summarizing
Context Clues
Visualization
Making Connections
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