Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Because I could not stop for Death

Emily Dicksons poem sets a tone of politeness about death. The last two stanzas are both about immortality. The second to last stanza is about the death carriage stoping at Emily's new house. "We paused before a house that seemed a swelling of the ground." When Emily writes "a swelling of the ground." The house is not cottage it's a grave stone. The carriage pauses because its her resting point for eternity.

The last stanza is mostly about immortality because Emily writes, "tis centuries and yet feels shorter than a day." Emily feels like its only been a day even though she has been dead for centuries. She does not compare this to any other day as "the horses heads were toward eternity." The horses pull her to her eternity in heaven.

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