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    her siblings was raised very religiously. When Emily was 17 she attended college, but returned home due to falling home sick. When she returned home, she helped care for her aging parents. She kept most of her writings to herself, until after her death, and her sister discovered some of them hidden under her bed. She read some, and saw the value in them and published them. Walt Whitman was born may 31st, 1819. He attended school for only six years; however, he enjoyed reading so he continued studying

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    In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickenson, death takes form as a human that acts as a gentle guide to the speaker of the poem. However the relationship changes in the fourth stanza, a more conventional vision of death takes place and things become cold and corrupt. Dickenson successfully creates this relationship between the speaker and death by using personification, sensory details, and paradox. The meter of the poem creates a kind of light hearted rhyme to it which creates

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    Poetry Explication: Because I could not stop for Death Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson processes the life leading up to death and eternal life. The speaker is telling the poem many years after death and in eternal life. She explains the journey to immortality, while also facing the problem of sacrifice and willingness to earn it. The poem is succulent in alliteration, imagery, repetition, personification and rhyme. A notable shift in almost all of the poems direction occurs

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    the idea of death, many thoughts can come to mind. These thoughts can include peaceful, scary, inevitable, cold, and many other things. Being one of the only female poets of her time, Emily Dickinson is a profound writer and her poems are intricate works of art. In her poem, “Because I Could Not Stop For Death,” Dickinson uses strong diction and imagery to describe the intimacy an individual has with death when it is encountered. Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Because I Could Not Stop For Death,” is a poem

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    My main focus will be on the two poems “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and [Because I could not stop for death-] by Emily Dickinson. Even though the poems have two separate tones but there are a lot of similarities. I deliberate that the speakers in both poems change our attitude in different ways with similar meanings. At first glance both of these poems can be hard to understand or even misinterpreted. That can make it difficult to analyze but with more than one interpretation being correct

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    Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" In Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death “ (448), the speaker of the poem is a woman who relates about a situation after her death. The speaker personifies death as a polite and considerate gentleman who takes her in a carriage for a romantic journey; however, at the end of this poem, she finishes her expedition realizing that she has died many years ago. The poem contains six quatrains, and does not follow any consistent

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    Because I Could Not Stop For Death Because I Could Not Stop For Death is an eerie, but absorbing evocation of death. Written by Emily Dickinson, it is one of hundreds of poems devoted to death, as she grapples with the philosophical significance of this experience. Her provocative work is particularly characterised by a sophisticated use of language and punctuation, which patently adds depth and meaning. For the female subject of the poem, death is dispassionately met, where the separation

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    use of stanzas. Lyrics’ stanzaic quality provides the reader with a visual separation of the poem, yet each stanza is connected and flows into one another. Emily Dickinson’s Because I could not stop for death, demonstrates this concept. In the first stanza the voice introduces the characters “Because I could not stop for Death – He Kindly Stopped for me-”. The second stanza continues to talk about the characters, but introduces their actions and personalities. Furthermore, the third stanza provides

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    Death is a very difficult topic to capture for it can be a very serious topic to discuss. Often Death is heartbreaking as it means the loss of a loved one. However, it is a tragic fate all will suffer from eventually. It is just a matter of how one views death itself. While some have a hatred towards death, others may welcome it with a sigh of relief. This is not always a nefarious event, especially when one was in pain for so long. Sometimes death can be painted in a tone that makes it seem almost

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    “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson shows a woman’s departure from life and her passing into the hereafter. Dickinson uses what would have been a very familiar setting for anyone, a carriage ride with a suitor and a chaperone, to symbolize this journey. She uses other familiar images so that the reader is able to visualize them and understand that they represent stages of her life. A brief glimpse of the final destination is shown to the reader who is left with a feeling of

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