Because I could not Stop for Death By Emily Dickinson by Anne Johnson [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee Annie Johnson and Madeline Schellenberg en-us 2020-02-14 18:25:15 UTC 2025-10-30 16:06:30 UTC hello@padlet.com An Important Line aejohnson103 https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445735587 "the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality."

In this line, Emily mentions a common depiction of death/the grim reaper in his carriage taking her through her past before death.  This signifies the end of her life and her previous immortality coming to a close. ]]> 2020-02-14 18:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445735587 Literary Focus Question mschellenberg100 https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445735682 What is ironic about the description of Death's personality? What is the emotional effect of this irony?

The way Death is personified in the poem is as a gentlemen. This way of personifying death is ironic because death is usually seen as evil, taking people away from their lives, even if they are not ready. The first two lines of the poem are "Because I could not stop for Death-
He kindly stopped for me-." These lines describe dying as a kind act. The first line implies that the person in the poem keeps living without a choice, and that dying is a relief that only Death can bring.]]> 2020-02-14 18:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445735682 What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern throughout the poem? aejohnson103 https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445742193 Some images used in this poem are children at school, a field, and a setting sun. She mentions passing these images, as if these things are in her past. The depiction of death is taking her through her past to a mausoleum that is described, "A house that seemed a swelling of the ground; a roof that is scarcely visible, the cornice but a mound." The images form a story of the character passing through their life to a final place of the mausoleum.]]> 2020-02-14 18:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445742193 What is the theme of this poem? mschellenberg100 https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445743364 The theme of the poem is to not fear death. Dying, in this poem, is something calm and casual. Death is a gentlemen who is stopping for people as a favor. The ride to the mausoleum is nice and relaxing. Death is not separated from life, but he rides past kids playing and fields, as shown in the stanza,
" We passed the School, where the children strove At Recess- in the Ring- We passed the Fields of Grazing Grain- We passed the Setting Sun-."  
When the person in the poem is dead they describe it as "'tis Centuries- and yet Feels shorter than the Day."]]> 2020-02-14 18:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445743364 aejohnson103 https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445749769 2020-02-14 18:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aejohnson103/m9bbw9qwt2ee/wish/445749769