Compare And Contrast Because I Could Not Stop Death
Throughout time there has been quite a list of great poets. With each poet, they write about the beauty of life, and even the darkest darkness. With each word they build our emotions, and leave us to see the deeper meaning. Today I will be looking at the deeper meaning of the poems Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost, and Because I Could Not Stop Death by Emily Dickinson. I will compare the two works for differences in the style, the outlook of death in each poem, and how the authors viewed death in general.
First, I will break down the poem Because I Could Not Stop Death into several parts to further explain what it means to me. In the first two lines when Dickinson says, "I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me", she’s not ready to die but accepts the fact that it is …show more content…
It is upon passing the setting sun that she realizes that she was not passing by those objects, but rather they were passing her by. As the dew settles she represses in the cold, seemingly as if she realizes how lonely she is, after basking in the brilliance of the field and sun. Her clothing is of a pale contrast, giving her an almost ghostly visage. This is where they come upon a house, or rather a home. She realizes this is a grave, as she takes in the swelling of the ground, the roof that is hard to see being the top of her casket, and the cornice or gravestone planted before her. This is her grave, and this is what they were traveling towards since the beginning of the trip. Though, she knows that she has been buried there for a long time. To her the ride had taken only but a day, yet she can tell it has been centuries. It is here that she sounds almost disappointed, for when she rode with Death and Immortality she thought they were heading towards eternity. Further demonstrating that the thought of living or experiencing forever is just outside the reach of
First, I will break down the poem Because I Could Not Stop Death into several parts to further explain what it means to me. In the first two lines when Dickinson says, "I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me", she’s not ready to die but accepts the fact that it is …show more content…
It is upon passing the setting sun that she realizes that she was not passing by those objects, but rather they were passing her by. As the dew settles she represses in the cold, seemingly as if she realizes how lonely she is, after basking in the brilliance of the field and sun. Her clothing is of a pale contrast, giving her an almost ghostly visage. This is where they come upon a house, or rather a home. She realizes this is a grave, as she takes in the swelling of the ground, the roof that is hard to see being the top of her casket, and the cornice or gravestone planted before her. This is her grave, and this is what they were traveling towards since the beginning of the trip. Though, she knows that she has been buried there for a long time. To her the ride had taken only but a day, yet she can tell it has been centuries. It is here that she sounds almost disappointed, for when she rode with Death and Immortality she thought they were heading towards eternity. Further demonstrating that the thought of living or experiencing forever is just outside the reach of