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What type of tone did Emily Dickinson use in "Slant of Light"?

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Slant of Light By Jenna Ainsworth, Ruby Carpenter,
Helen Feest, and Shannon Olson Sound, Form/Structure Dickinson uses light as an
allegory to time and death. This Poem was not written simply to glorify nature and light. Death or aging cannot be controlled or avoided, because it is sent from above. Aging affects us more on the inside than the outside. Structure and Impact Sound Devices Capitalization and Punctuation Rhyme and Meter Poetic Devices Tone Meaning Meaning Allusion: Cathedral Tunes
Simile: Oppresses like the heft
Personification: Landscape Listens,
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