What is the poem that includes the line Because I Couldn't Stop For Death?

Answer 1

This is a poem by Emily Dickenson, simply entitled "Death". She wrote multiple versions of this poem, but the full version is as follows:

Because I could not stop for Death,

He kindly stopped for me;

The carriage held but just ourselves

And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste,

And I had put away

My labor, and my leisure too,

For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove

At recess, in the ring;

We passed the fields of gazing grain,

We passed the setting sun. Or rather, he passed us;

The dews grew quivering and chill,

For only gossamer my gown,

My tippet only tulle. We paused before a house that seemed

A swelling of the ground;

The roof was scarcely visible,

The cornice but a mound. Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each

Feels shorter than the day

I first surmised the horses' heads

Were toward eternity.

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Answer 2

Basically two themes that I found in this poem were:

• Death is unavoidable no matter how hard you try
• Enjoy life as it is now because you never know when you will die

• Death can come at any time

Answer 3

The poem you are referring to is "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson. It explores the theme of mortality and describes a journey with Death personified as a courteous gentleman accompanying the speaker to the afterlife.

Answer 4

In this poem, i would say that the figurative language that is used as the most purpose-full are metaphors and personification.

Answer 5

You can't stop for death, but it will stop for you because you don't know when it coming

Answer 6

As a kindly person is the incorrect answer.

Answer 7

death is good go with it

Answer 8

About stopping for death.