Because I Could Not Stop for Death :: Literary Analysis, Dickinson

Because I Could Not Stop for shoemakers last is proclaimed to be Emily Dickinsons most famous poem. This poem reveals Emily Dickinsons calm acceptance of demolition. She portrays death being a gentleman that surprises her with a visit. Emily illustrates everyday scenes into a life cycle. While her metaphors explore death in an imitable way, her lines often contain as a great deal uncertainty as meaning. Life and death are but trails to eternity and are seen less important when viewed in the framework of eternity. Emily Dickinsons poem Death is a gentleman taking a woman out for a drive. Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me (Dickinson 1-2). Emily describes being a busy woman who is caught up with everyday situations. When it comes to death, no one plans on a time or date to die what Emily is identifying as a tragic event is translated to being a casual experience. Emily writes, The carriage held but just ourselves, and immortality, (3-4). Emily describes her ride with death, but affiliates a third rider Immortality. Davidson does not emphasize what is gained afterward death she emphasizes what is lost because of death, (Privatsky 35). Emilys third passenger has a wide variety of interpretations. Normally, one doesnt think about death, yet Emilys entree to death is similar of the approach to immortality. My viewpoint is Emily construes her belief in a soul that does not die but live on till eternity. The predilection of immortality is confronted with the fact of physical disintegration. We are not told what to think we are told to look at the situation, (Tate 26). According to Dickinsons words, He slowly drove He knew no haste (5-6). Emily describes a relaxing slow pace towards an unknown destination. On the way she enjoys the peaceful scenes. We passed the school, where children strove, At recess In the Ring-(Dickinson 9-10). Emily is reflecting in her past, this may as well as be seen as the beginning of a life cycle. Emily then goes on to say, We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain- (11). The phrase that she decides to use is judicious because she is not the observer, but instead she is the observed. At that point, she further goes on to describe Setting Sun- as the last scene in her ride. All three of these images suggest phases of the life cycle that the speaker has passed and is difference through and clue us in on her experienceTime has stopped for her, and the fields of grain do the gazing, not her, (Semansky 34-35).