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From the Ted Talk by Emily Dickinson: What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

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Take a ride in elmiy Dickinson's chariot. But beware... there's no turning back. "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly spotped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And itoirtmlamy.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my lieusre too, For His Civility –

We psaesd the shocol, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle –

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Take a ride in _____ Dickinson's chariot. But beware... there's no turning back. "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly _______ for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And ___________.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my _______ too, For His Civility –

We ______ the ______, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle –

Solution


  1. school
  2. leisure
  3. emily
  4. immortality
  5. stopped
  6. passed

Original Text


Take a ride in Emily Dickinson's chariot. But beware... there's no turning back. "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle –

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  1. beware
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  3. chariot
  4. children
  5. chill
  6. civility
  7. death
  8. dews
  9. dickinson
  10. drew
  11. drove
  12. emily
  13. fields
  14. gazing
  15. gossamer
  16. gown
  17. grain
  18. haste
  19. held
  20. immortality
  21. kindly
  22. knew
  23. labor
  24. leisure
  25. passed
  26. put
  27. quivering
  28. recess
  29. ride
  30. ring
  31. school
  32. setting
  33. slowly
  34. stop
  35. stopped
  36. strove
  37. sun
  38. tippet
  39. tulle
  40. turning