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Analysis Of Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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Emily Dicknson is an American poet that her poems were writtin not for published, in addition there are unreliable information saying that she had mental illness. In her poem ‘’Because I could not stop for Death’’ a four line six stanza which revolves around a women that is waiting for death to take her, in fact the poet portrys the death as a person who takes her in to the journy of life. The general argument Dicknsons made in ‘’Because I could not stop for Death'' is about smooth death more specifically the poet gave the quality of human to death that can come and take a person in to a ride before reaching the grave, also people should not be fear of death.

Line (2)(3) The first stanza Dicknson presonfise the death as a human that can come and pick her for a journey to assert that death is a certain, and facing it does not hurt, also the …show more content…

Line (9)In the Third stanza Dicknson uses the imagery when the speaker descrips the cycle of life starting from early ages at school until the imagry of sun set is when the sould lighst off and die. Line (15) (16) the fourth stanza the speaker emphasises that death will not stop and wait as a humen untel one gets ready that she is not prepare and well- dreased for death. In line (17) (18) (19) (20) The speaker refer to the grave a house the she spend the rest of her life which is a metaphore for the grave a a home also the shape of land where the grave in is so obvious and refer to each persons grave. Line (21) (22) at alsmot the end of the life’s journey death arrives in to the womens grave when she portryes it as a swelling of a ground. the last stanza the poet refers to centuries as a metaphore to show that it has been a long time since her

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