Because I Could Not Stop For Death By Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson begins her poem with “Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me” (lines1-2). This means she’s been so busy, that she forgets about death, so he came, and kindly picked her up. She began talking about death as if it was a person using figure of speeches. She compares death to human as when she starts saying he picked her up in a carriage. Most people view death from a different perspective, such as a joyous day or a joyful ride to the grave yard. Dickinson explains how her ride was on the way to the graveyard. “The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality (line3-4),” says Dickinson. She’s giving the audience scenery of a funeral happening, the Carriage is being set as a hearse. “We slowly drove- He knew no haste (line5)”. This is using personification also, driving slowly usually happens when there is a- funeral going or this could be a lead car in a procession of a funeral (Napierkowski and Ruby). Dickinson describes her date in a very mysterious way, some of wouldn’t think of dying as a joyful day.
Dickinson is asserting that she doesn’t seem concerned about where she is headed until she passes by the things that she didn’t take seriously while she was alive. The child inside of the ring symbolizes eternity, the grain represents the natural world at its own, and the sun is a measure of lifetime (Napierkowski and Ruby). She’s finally realizing that her time is winding down. Dickinson is slowly seeing her life cycle as she surpasses her journey to eternity. Or rather-He passes Us- The Dews drew quivering and