PREPARED FOR : MADAM HANIMAH BINTI HASSAN PREPARED BY : AHMAD ZAKI BIN OSMAN

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o She was born in 1830 in Amherst and rest her life in 1886. o She was said to be originated from a prominent Dickinson family. o According to critics, she was one of the talented poet in American Literature.

Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

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o Before Crisis :
o An active & lively person o Life is full of joy

o After Crisis

o Self imposed recluse o Never married thus only saw immediate family o Describe life as cruel
Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

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SYNOPSIS
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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

The poet talks about someone who has died in the opposite house. He knows this by looking at the flurry of activity taking place around the house. There are those people involved with the dead and those involved in the funeral.

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SETTING
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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

o The setting is in a small town, and the speaker is a neighbour watching this spectacle, who is making conclusions about what is happening.

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PERSONA
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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

oA a / recalli ast e r relate sa e e e t.

ac is t e

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THEMES
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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

o Dealing with death o Customs and traditions o Living in community

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TONE & MOOD

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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

o The creation of atmosphere described in the poem are deeply related with the boy flashback :
o Sadness o Gloom o Unease

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STRUCTURE & STYLE

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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

There's been a death in the opposite house As lately as today. I know it by the numb look Such houses have always. The neighbours rustle in and out, The doctor drives away. A window opens like a pod, Abrupt, mechanically; Somebody flings a mattress out, The children hurry by; They wonder if It died on that, I used to when a boy. The minister goes stiffly in As if the house were his, And he owned all the mourners now, And little boys besides; And then the milliner, and the man Of the appalling trade, To take the measure of the house. There'll be that dark parade Of tassels and of coaches soon; It's easy as a sign, The intuition of the news In just a country town.

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STRUCTURE & STYLE

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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

o Free verse o Own the arrangement of grammar and syntax o The use of dashes

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LITERARY DEVICES
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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

o Metaphor
o Describe one thing by using the description of something else.

o Simile
o Speaks of something as similar to something else. o Usually use as and like

o Personification
o Gives human behaviour to inhuman things

o Hyperbole
o Use of words to show exaggerations of emotions.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Theres Been A Death In The Opposite House By Emily Dickinson

o One should accept death as a natural things that every living things will face. o One must practice and preserved their traditions as they are valuable things that we share. o Communicatio and tolerantial between people is a must to tighten up the bonds in a community.
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