The World of Emily Dickinson

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (5)
  2. 7. United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (9)
  3. 8. To lower someone's spirits (9)
  4. 12. The quality or state of being ___ (11)
  5. 14. Literature in metrical form (6)
  6. 16. State capital of Texas on the Colorado River (6)

Down

  1. 1. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement (6)
  2. 3. Widely known and esteemed (6)
  3. 4. King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (7)
  4. 5. A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated (7)
  5. 6. Creative writing of recognized artistic value (10)
  6. 9. Name of several English kings (6)
  7. 10. To give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause (9)
  8. 11. Death of a person (5)
  9. 13. An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action or the leaders of this (5)
  10. 15. An indefinite period (4)