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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 poem, “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson uses images of a journey, such as a carriage ride passing through different stages of life. “The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality” (Dickinson, lines 3-4). The images are related to each other as they represent the different stages of life leading towards death. This forms a unified pattern or motif of the journey towards death.

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

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The tone of the poem is peaceful and accepting, revealed through words such as leisurely, kindly, and slowly. “We slowly drove – He knew no haste” (Dickinson, line 5). The poem is not ironic as it portrays death as a natural and inevitable part of life.

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What figures of speech are used? How do they contribute to the tone and meaning of the poem?

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Primarily throughout the poem Because I could not stop for Death, Emily Dickinson personifies the ideas of death to be a character. Death is illustrated as a kind gentleman taking the narrator on a carriage ride to the afterlife as the speaker describes that, “Because I could not stop for death – / He kindly stopped for me” (Dickinson, lines 1-2). By giving death likable human qualities, this changes the tone to be more positive and light, despite the overall dark subject of the uncertainties of dying.

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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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Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson discusses many symbols representing stages of life or death. In specific, the speaker shows the carriage passing by a schoolhouse and uses the children to symbolize life as a whole. The poet states, “We passed by a school where children played, / Their lessons scarcely done” (Dickinson, lines 9-10). While this is not a universal symbol, in the context of the poem, it is an important moment to show youth.