Senior Secondary (HKDSE) · Literature in English

Emily Dickinson : ‘Like Rain it sounded till it curved’, ‘There came a Wind like a Bugle’, ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’ : Practice Questions

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Question 1

1 mark

Which of the following best characterizes Emily Dickinson's use of natural imagery in her poems 'Like Rain it sounded till it curved', 'There came a Wind like a Bugle', and 'There's a certain Slant of light'?

Question 2

2 marks

In Emily Dickinson's poem ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’, what specific time of day and season is identified as the source of the 'Slant of light' that creates an internal 'Weight' for the speaker?

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Question 3

5 marks

Explain how the paradoxical imagery of "Heavenly Hurt" in 'There's a certain Slant of light' captures the speaker's profound, yet intangible, spiritual experience when encountering the winter light.

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Question 4

6 marks

Analyze how Emily Dickinson's use of violent and military imagery, such as comparing the wind to a "Bugle," contributes to establishing both the destructive power and the majestic, almost inescapable, force of nature in 'There came a Wind like a Bugle'.

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Question 5

3 marks

In Emily Dickinson’s poem “There’s a certain Slant of light,” the speaker describes a specific atmosphere during winter afternoons.

(a) Identify the metaphor used to describe the physical effect of the light on the speaker. (1 mark)
(b) Explain how the speaker uses the concept of "Heavenly Hurt" to describe the emotional impact of the light. (2 marks)

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Question 6

5 marks

In “There came a Wind like a Bugle,” Dickinson depicts a powerful storm moving through a landscape.

(a) How does the simile "like a Bugle" in the first line establish the tone and movement of the wind? (2 marks)
(b) Discuss the significance of the reaction of the "Steeple" and the "Bells" during the storm. What does this suggest about the relationship between nature and human structures? (3 marks)

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