Because I Could Not Stop For Death By Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is famous for writing poems about death. It seems ironic that she became famous after her death. It is important to understand why death was a central topic, this is what inspired her poetry. During the romantic period, there was a lack of advanced medicine. Whatever the case, she saw death as being inevitable in life. To fully understand how Emily treated death, two of her poems distinguish these aspects. In her poems, she treats death as being a person, kind gentleman, and also as a fly.
In the poem “'Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, Dickinson personifies death as being a character. As stated in the first line of the poem "Death" is used as a name. Death kindly stopped for her and the carriage only held herself, Death and Immortality. Death was going to
Basically, it means that the speaker didn't want to die just yet but since death is inevitable, death just came to her. Throughout the whole poem, Dickinson treats Death as being an actual charter by always referring to him as, “he.” Dickinson also treated Death as being a kind gentleman. In the second line of the poem “Because I could not stop for Death”, the speaker states, “He kindly stopped for me.” The reader can then understand that, Death was a gentleman who kindly stopped by to pick her up. Death kindly asks the speaker to put aside labor and leisure. The speaker doesn't hesitate and decides to ride along with Death. Dickinson personifies Death as being gentle and civil. In the second stanza, “ And I put away My labor and my leisure too, For his Civility.” Death really seems like a good person. There are no negative aspects toward Death because the speaker seems to be having a pleasant experience. Another quote from the poem that proves Dickinson was having a pleasant experience is stated in stanza three. The speaker says, “We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring– We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain– We passed the Setting Sun.” Certainly, there