Analyzing Poetry Day 3- "If I can stop one heart from breaking" by Emily Dickinson
Analyzing Poetry
Over the next 4 days, you will be analyzing four poems. Some are short and some are longer, either way, when we look closely at them, you will find that they have a lot to say!
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1st Read- Read through the poem and react- what did it make you feel, what did it make you think?
2nd Read- Read through the poem and analyze the mood of the poem. Give evidence to support your thoughts.
3rd Read- Read through the poem a 3rd time and determine the message of the poem.
“If I can stop one heart from breaking”
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.