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5. Are there any symbols? What do they mean? Are they universal symbols or do they arise from the context of this poem?

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5. Are there any symbols? What do they mean? Are they universal symbols or do they arise from the context of this poem?

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One symbol in the poem is the carriage as it symbolizes the life ride of the speaker, and since the poem's tone is in a steady pace of calmness, we can imagine that we live along with death and death is always here with us. Another symbol worth mentioning from the poem is children. The carriage passes slowly as the children strive for recess, depicting childhood as the beginning stage of life. Another symbol used in the poem is the field of grains which depicts the life of a person when they start to be aged and fully mature. This is a universal symbol because the grains on the field are ripe for harvesting, overall connecting to life of the speaker as old for death. Another symbol that Dickinson uses is the sun as the cycle of life and death. The sun arises, becomes alive, when morning comes and sets, dies, as days end. This is also a universal symbol. In the poem, the sun is setting and the speaker is passing by, which we can imagine that the speaker is coming towards the concluding stage of life

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3. What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern (a motif) throughout the poem?

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3. What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern (a motif) throughout the poem?

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The biggest image is located in the third stanza when the children are in school during recess, the fields of grains, and the setting sun which they passed by. These images relate to one another by portraying the peace of death and that everything will eventually meet death and come to an end. Throughout the poem, these images display that death passed right by all three of the scenes.

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2. What heavily connotative words are used? What words have unusual or special meanings? Are any words or phrases repeated? If so, why? Which words do you need to look up?

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2. What heavily connotative words are used? What words have unusual or special meanings? Are any words or phrases repeated? If so, why? Which words do you need to look up?

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Heavily connotative used are "Children" as it describes how lively they came rushing out for recess and "Fields of Gazing Grain," which connects nature to death. Words that have unusual meanings in the poem are "kindly" as it describes death as something kind, which is the opposite. In stanza 2, it is unusual that "Civility" is a part of death as described. In Stanza 3, "We passed" is repeated 3 times to portray the unity between the speaker and Death. Words I had to look up are "Gossamer," "Tippet," and "Tulle."

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1. What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic?

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1. What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic?

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The poem's tone is very relaxed and calm as if death is a release of contentment. Words and phrases in the poem such as "no haste," "Fields of Gazing Grain," "Setting Sun," "Immortality," and "Eternity," all share a calmful tone and that death isn't as bad as you'd think. The poem is ironic from the speaker's view of death as something that is rather kind than fearsome.