Poetry Analysis

1. Identify as many literary elements as you can find in the poem. Refer to the list provided for you.
2. Does the poem have a rhythm? Does it rhyme?

3. Does the poem fit the pattern of a traditional poem?

4. What is your gut reaction to the poem? Do any lines stand out?

5. What is the meaning of the poem? Write one paragraph.

I Died for Beauty, but was Scarce

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Bottom of Form

I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.

He questioned softly why I failed?
"For beauty," I replied.
"And I for truth, -the two are one;
We brethren are," he said.

And so, as kinsmen met a night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.

By Emily Dickenson