Because_I_Could_Not_Stop_For_Death

Because I Could Not Stop For Death Because I could not stop for death In this classic poem Emily Dickinson realizes that to escape death is impossible and she shows that it need not be painful, therefore the poem maintains a serene tone throughout. Although not necessarily depicted as a sadistic murderer of innocence, death is indeed personified by Dickinson to a certain extent, --as an unavoidable conqueror—one hanging over us and around us, --inescapable. The first line tells us exactly what we’re reading about and what we can expect. There is no gradual build up to the main point as is the case with the works of some other poets. Instead, there is merely a progression of explanation. Many years beyond the grave, the narrator portrays the placid process of her passing, in which death is personified as he escorts Emily to the carriage. During her slow ride she realizes that the ride will last for all eternity. “The carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality.” It is my opinion that the speaker in this poem exemplified the voice of all people—not wanting to. She ‘could not stop for death’ as none of us really believe we can or that we death, poem, narrator, through, stop, ride, none, eternity, carriage, years, time, sense, riding, realizes, personified, pass, over, now, living, life, just, immortality, emily, die, dickinson, cliché, case, along, could, works, we’re, well-lived, way