Question

summary of I will tell you how the sun rose by E.E.D

Answer 1

Transcript of I'll Tell You How the Sun RoseI'll Tell You How the Sun Rose
I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose
Analysis
I'll tell you how the sun rose, 
A ribbon at a time. 
The steeples swam in amethyst, 
The news like squirrels ran. 
The hills untied their bonnets,  



The bobolinks begun. 
Then I said softly to myself, 
"That must have been the sun!"
But how he set, I know not. 
There seemed a purple stile 
Which little yellow boys and girls 
Were climbing all the while 
THEME
The theme of this poem revolves around the circle of life and death, which isn't much of a stretch Dickinson's style of poetry: death and immorality. From the surface, it seems as though Dickinson is just describing a sunset and sunrise by the imagery used images from nature and religion to probe the themes: the wonders of nature, the identity of the self, death and immortality, and love. In this poem she probes nature's mysteries through the lens of the rising and setting sun.

Imagery
Dickinson uses figurative language that appeals to the physical senses of the readers. She uses the many forms of imagery such as...
1) Sense of Sight
amethyst: pink
purple stile
yellow boys and girls
dominie in grey
This poem describes various colors as it appeals to the visual senses and the visual images of the readers
2) Sense of Movement and Feelings
swam
in amethyst
untied 
their bonnets
squirrels 
ran
climbing
all the while
put gently up

Symbolism
The images described as a sunset/sunrise are the reoccurring symbols of death and birth.
Sunrise: birth
Sunset: death 
Ribbons, Yellow boys & girls represent innocence.
Running squirrels: the frantic and fast paced speed of life.
Steeples and dominie symbolize religion
Dominie symbolizes the call of god as the clergyman collects the yellow boys and girls
Setting
Emily Dickinson bases the setting of this poem in the 1800's. From the line "the hills untied their bonnets", the reader is given an inside look into where this poem is based on. North American men and women wore plain-style war bonnets due to the American tourist industry. "The bobolinks begun", refers to the American songbird of the blackbird family. In line 14, Dickinson refers to "a dominie in grey", which was old slang for a clergyman. These words date back to 1612.
Point of View
Rhyme Scheme
Written by: Emily Dickinson
Till when they reached the other side, 
A dominie in gray 
Put gently up the evening bars, 
And led the flock away.
3) Sense of Sound
The bobolinks begun: small sized songbird that evokes the sense of hearing for the audience.
Presentation by: 
The poem was written in first person.
Analysis Continued
Hellen, Samia, Sameeha, Aaron
The first two stanzas are written in free verse.

The last two stanzas are written with the rhyme scheme:
Literary Devices
First Stanza
I'll tell you how the sun rose, 
A ribbon at a time. 
The steeples swam in amethyst, 
The news like squirrels ran. 
Sound Devices
Alliteration:

The steeples swam in amethyst
Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound.
Figurative Language
Figurative language is using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.
Metaphor:
I'll tell you how the sun rose, 
A ribbon at a time.
Allusion:
The steeples

Second Stanza
The hills untied their bonnets, 
The bobolinks begun. 
Then I said softly to myself, 
"That must have been the sun!"
Sound Devices
Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound.
Alliteration:
The bobolinks begun
Figurative Language
Figurative language is using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.
Personification:
The hills untied their bonnets
Third Stanza
But how he set, I know not. 
There seemed a purple stile 
Which little yellow boys and girls 
Were climbing all the while 
Sound Devices
Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound.
Alliteration:
But how he set, I know it
Assonance:
Were climbing all the while
Figurative Languages
Figurative language is using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.
Apostrophe:
But how he set, I know not
Fourth Stanza
Till when they reached the other side, 
A dominie in gray 
Put gently up the evening bars, 
And led the flock away.
Figurative Language
Figurative language is using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.
Allusion: 
A dominie

Personification:
The steeples swam in amethyst
Simile:
The news like squirrels ran. 
Metaphor/Symbolism:
A dominie in gray 
Put gently up the evening bars, 
And led the flock away.
Emily Dickinson
A high school dropout
She avoided the company of others and lived a reclusive lifestyle
Emily lost many close people in her life affecting her and her writing
She wrote 1800 poems but only eleven were published in her life time
Famous poems
About the poet
Hope is a thing with feathers
I taste a liquor never brewed
Because I Could Not Stop For Death
Euphemism:

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Answer 2

The poem is about the Sunrise and the Sunset. In this poem Emily describes the sunrise and the sunset as a village and the things im that village. Here the Sunrise described in terms of a small village,where the Sunset is characterized as the gathering home of a floke. At the end she was more confident telling about how sun rose, rather than how the sun set that might change the theme of the poem.