1. Read through the poem 2. After you read the poem, identify the overall meaning of
the poem (what is Dickinson's central message?)
3. Highlight any lines where she talks about either reflecting
or challenging societal beliefs
She Rose To His Requirement (732) BY EMILY DICKINSONO
She rose to His Requirement.--drop
The Playthings of Her Life
To take the honorable Work
of Woman, and of wife-
If ought she missed in Her new Day,
of Amplitude, or Awe-
Or first prospective-or the Gold
in using, wear away,
It lay unmentioned as the Sea
Develop Pearl, and Weed,
But only to Himself-be known
The Fathoms they abide-