There's been a Death, in the Opposite House by Emily Dickinson, writing homework help
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QUESTION 1
Read the poem which follows and select the emotions and imagery of an outsider's perspective of death that also appear in The Sweet Hereafter.
"There's been a Death, in the Opposite House" by Emily Dickinson
There's been a Death, in the Opposite House,
As lately as Today —
I know it, by the numb look
Such Houses have — always —
The Neighbors rustle in and out —
The Doctor — drives away —
A Window opens like a Pod —
Abrupt — mechanically —
Somebody flings a Mattress out —
The Children hurry by —
They wonder if it died — on that —
I used to — when a Boy —
The Minister — goes stiffly in —
As if the House were His —
And He owned all the Mourners — now —
And little Boys — besides —
And then the Milliner — and the Man
Of the Appalling Trade —
To take the measure of the House —
There'll be that Dark Parade —