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Take This Quiz To See Which Emily Dickinson Poem Describes How Dead You Are Inside

Which Emily Dickinson Poem Are You

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Oh boy. Are you okay? Can we get a pulse check in there? Maybe read Dickinson's "There's a certain Slant of light" (258). Perhaps you relate to the random, empty, unknowable feeling of despair that's comparable to looking into the eyes of a corpse. But for your sake, we hope you don't.

Bart Simpson dies and becomes a ghost and says "Hey, cool, I'm dead"

"There's a certain Slant of light (258)." You are 100% dead inside.

If no one told you already, you're a little too obsessed with "flying high," just like a certain bug we know of. Look, we see you. Maybe you don't "crave" the dark abyss (let's hope not), but you think about it a little too often. Give Dickinson's "I heard a Fly buzz (465)" a read. Then go pet a dog or drink some water or something.

"I heard a Fly buzz (465)." You are 90% dead inside.

You're mysterious. You're imaginative. AND you have the talent of finding comfort during dark times. You're one of those "cool" people who's dead inside, but let's just hope Death is as charming as Dickinson writes him to be.

A person wiggles their fingers and says "spooky"

"Because I could not stop for Death (712)." You are 80% dead inside

You definitely have a sliver of hope in that black soul, but why is life SO miserable, am I right? There's a good chance you smile and laugh more at funerals than comedy clubs. You just have a good perspective on death, I guess. Give Dickinson's "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers (124)" a read.

"Safe in their Alabaster Chambers (124)." You are 70% dead inside

You're alive enough to still be powerfully angry. At what? I don't want to know. I can't tell if I admire you or if I'm terrified of you. Either way, I definitely wouldn't want to cross you. Take a deep breath, count to ten, imagine a puppy in a sweater vest, and read Dickinson's "My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun (754)." It will anger you how much you relate to it.

"My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun (754)." You are 60% dead inside.

Congrats. You're the least dead inside, and that's saying something if we have to assign you to a Dickinson poem. Look, we get it: "No OnE UnDeRsTaNdS YoU." You probably think you're really enlightened for believing in aliens or something. You claim to care about the truth, but let's be honest, you're still not telling your hairdresser you don't like your hair.

Homer Simpson tells his wife he wasn't lying. He was just writing fiction with his mouth

"Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1129)." You are 50% dead inside.

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