Because I Could Not Stop For Death Analysis
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“Because I could not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
Death is a common concern in much of Dickinson’s works of poetry. For her, death is not merely a metaphor, but the greatest inspiration to some of her most renowned poetic works. As an individual, Emily Dickinson was very familiar with death having experienced it firsthand. As pointed out by Ashraf (55), the concept of death came naturally to her since having lived in a rural environment that was always accompanied by death, she observed death from close. In her works, she explored the theme of death from both the persona of a grieving onlooker as well as the persona of a dying or dead speaker. Because I could not stop for death is one of her most admired poetic works, that explored death from the later perspective. The elusive nature of the poem’s meaning coupled with its ambiguity means …show more content…
Because I could not stop for death is a remarkable poem that is extremely challenging to the critical insights of the reader. Dickinson’s unique writing style creates multiple layers of significance and scope thereby offering newer layers of meaning depending on the perspective that you view the poem from. Through this paper, it has bene clearly shown that the author clearly aimed at creating an appreciation of the beauty of life by highlighting the cruelty that death brings. People are urged to make the most of their lives since it is only while life flows that they can be able to do anything. The notion of a beautiful afterlife is quashed and the notion of everlasting life is replaced with dreadful everlasting and cruel death. Death has been juxtaposed against life. While life is short (centuries of life are only as good as less than a day in afterlife), death is a never-ending journey. People should therefore not be in haste to seek death but should rather enjoy the best of life while it
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“Because I could not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
Death is a common concern in much of Dickinson’s works of poetry. For her, death is not merely a metaphor, but the greatest inspiration to some of her most renowned poetic works. As an individual, Emily Dickinson was very familiar with death having experienced it firsthand. As pointed out by Ashraf (55), the concept of death came naturally to her since having lived in a rural environment that was always accompanied by death, she observed death from close. In her works, she explored the theme of death from both the persona of a grieving onlooker as well as the persona of a dying or dead speaker. Because I could not stop for death is one of her most admired poetic works, that explored death from the later perspective. The elusive nature of the poem’s meaning coupled with its ambiguity means …show more content…
Because I could not stop for death is a remarkable poem that is extremely challenging to the critical insights of the reader. Dickinson’s unique writing style creates multiple layers of significance and scope thereby offering newer layers of meaning depending on the perspective that you view the poem from. Through this paper, it has bene clearly shown that the author clearly aimed at creating an appreciation of the beauty of life by highlighting the cruelty that death brings. People are urged to make the most of their lives since it is only while life flows that they can be able to do anything. The notion of a beautiful afterlife is quashed and the notion of everlasting life is replaced with dreadful everlasting and cruel death. Death has been juxtaposed against life. While life is short (centuries of life are only as good as less than a day in afterlife), death is a never-ending journey. People should therefore not be in haste to seek death but should rather enjoy the best of life while it