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”

By: Emily Dickinson

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.