CLASS 12 · KALIEDOSCOPE · CHAPTER 10
Original student-friendly answers for Emily Dickinson's poem and its musical-instrument activity.
7 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
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Question Responding to the Poem 1
Mention the trees, insects, birds, flowers, light and movement.
She combines vivid sights and sounds—from moving branches and birds to tiny insects and flowers—to make summer feel alive.
Question Responding to the Poem 2
Connect the stringed instrument with the sounds of nature.
It means the birds and insects form summer's natural music, like a stringed instrument.
Question Responding to the Poem 3
Name the creatures' human-like actions and their effect.
The birds seem to gossip and tiny creatures seem to make music; this makes nature feel lively and joyful.
Question Responding to the Poem 4
Explain the flowers as flags rising from their calyxes and stems.
The flowers rise like flags being hoisted, but their opening is held back by the calyx; the image also suggests their fragrance.
Question Responding to the Poem 5
Connect the capitals with the Sun's personified, powerful role.
They personify the Sun and emphasise its importance as a powerful presence.
Question Responding to the Poem 6
Give two or three exact natural details and explain how they become poetry.
Her observations of moving branches, insect sounds, birds, and clouds turn ordinary summer details into vivid poetry.
Question Language Study 1
Compare their strings and how the player makes them sound.
A psaltery is usually plucked; a hammered dulcimer is struck with small hammers.