We first discussed and analyzed the poetry of Emily Dickinson contrasting Dickinson's view of death with the perspectives expressed in " Thanatopsis " and in AE Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young". Focusing on analytical tools, I discussed how to paraphrase and to parse stanzas to clarify pronoun references and symbols. Marcel read through various stanzas and discussed specific adjectives that reflect Dickinson's view on death critically observing that the poet never answers the most pressing question: what happens after we die?. We examined Dickinson's nonchalant accepting attitude toward death and then worked on revising and amplifying Marcel's homework analysis to include a paraphrase of the Housman poem and a summary of the poet's observations on the benefit of the famous dying before their lives outlive their reputations . For homework due Monday , read assigned poems ,including Robert Frost, and prepare two analyses .