1) Have you ever wondered what happens when we die? Why do humans think about this so much? How does Dickinson depict the afterlife? How does this compare with your thinking about it?
2) How do we as humans deal with loss and mourning? How does Dickinson capture feelings of loss and sorrow?
3) This of a time you failed at something. How did you feel and how did you handle it? Compare your experiences to Dickinson’s, “Success is Counted Sweetest.”
4) Take a look at “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain.” What does it mean to feel a funeral in your brain? What does a funeral feel like? What do you think Dickinson is describing here? Have you ever felt something similar?
5) What is the relationship or connection between humans and the natural world? How does Dickinson represent this connection? Have you ever found comfort, revelation, clarity, inspiration, from looking at the world around you? Why and how?