Emily Dickinson’s “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes” (page 188) would seem to be a good candidate for a song. Or do you think musical accompaniment would distract from the power of the poem?...

Emily Dickinson’s “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes” (page 188) would seem to be a good candidate for a song. Or do you think musical accompaniment would distract from the power of the poem? Explain.

Would any be enriched by the inclusion of other arts? For example, do any of the poems lend themselves to song or dance? If so, would such mixing be more of an appropri a tion or a synthesis? Explain.