Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Because I Could Not Stop For Death Emily Dickinson talks about an undying love between her and this man throughout this poem. The two are so in love that, even though the man in the relationship has died, the love Dickinson has for him will carry on forever. Dickinson expresses a deep passion, and a genuine sense of what it is to love and to lose, someone you care about. The two are supposedly riding in this carriage slowly and calmly, making no haste to get to where they are going. Dickinson conveys a feeling of sadness, and of heartbreak from losing a loved one. They embark on a long and peaceful journey, that at the end holds death, and the silent whisper of a love that is so fierce it will carry on in eternity. The theme of this poem is about a journey shared between two soul mates.
In the first phrase of this poem Emily Dickinson writes “Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me-- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality”(Halley). It’s hard to discern what Dickinson meant when she says “Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me”. However by reading the poem one can fathom the fact that the man Emily Dickinson talks about has died. The carriage of which Dickinson speaks of, is a metaphor used to describe life, and the journey that one’s life enfolds. The journey the couple in this poem is on, is a journey of love, that carries on for centuries, and through death.That is probably what Dickinson meant when she wrote “The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality”.In the second phrase the first line Dickinson writes “We slowly drove- He knew no haste”(Halley). This could mean multiple things, but again the whole idea of this poem is about a lifelong journey shared with your soulmate. Given that information, Dickinson seems to be trying to indicate that her and this man, were in no rush to get through life, but to appreciate it as it goes by.The rest of the second phrase Dickinson writes, “And I