As Imperceptibly As Grief (AIaG

Question 1

Nature aiag

Answer 1

“The summer lapsed away” personified
“A quietness distilled” metaphor
“As twilight long begun” personified
“Nature spending time with herself” personified
“Sequestered afternoons” isolated personified
“Dusk drew” hard consonants/alliteration, personification = decay
“The morning foreign shone” personified
“Yet harrowing Grace”
“Guest, that would be gone” personified
“Our summer made her light escape”
Into the beautiful”

Question 2

Time quotes aias

Answer 2

“As Imperceptibly as Grief”
“The summer lapsed away”
“To imperceptible at last”
“A Quietness distilled”
“As Twilight long begun”
“The Dusk Drew earlier in”
“The morning foreign shone”
“Guest, that would be gone”
“Our summer made her light escape”

Question 3

Man quotes aiag

Answer 3

“Summer lapsed away”
“A Quietness distilled”
“Nature spending time with herself”
“Sequestered afternoons”
“The Morning foreign shone”
“Guest, that would be gone”
“Our summer made her light escape”

Question 4

Death quotes aiag

Answer 4

“As imperceptibly as grief”
“The summer lapsed away”
“A Quietness distilled”
“As Twilight long begun”
“Sequestered afternoon”
“The Dusk drew earlier in”
“The Morning foreign shone”
“Yet harrowing Grace”
“Guest, that would be gone”
“Our summer made her light escape”
“Into the beautiful”

Question 5

Poet aiag

Answer 5

Emily Dickenson

Question 6

Form and structure aiag

Answer 6

4 quatrains = 4 seasons?
Quatrain = single unit, single phrase marked by one full stop = gradual change
Short + concise poem = intensify power + meaning of poem
Dashes + enjambment = fragmented effect = hard to grieve lost one