Because I could not stop death by Alyssa Anderson https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath poem my Emily Dickinson en-us 2017-04-03 15:40:58 UTC 2023-02-08 11:06:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Because I could not stop for Death- anderson837 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164383186 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 drew 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- in the Ground-

Since then-'tis Centuries- and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horse's Heads
Were toward Eternity-
]]> 2017-04-03 15:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164383186 Reading of the poem solanog953 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164385422 2017-04-03 15:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164385422 Meaning of the poem... anderson837 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164385907 When faced with death, ready or not, memories reappear and before one knows it, they have crossed into immortality.]]> 2017-04-03 15:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164385907 Imagery anderson837 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164386579 "Because I could not stop for Death- , He kindly stopped for me-..."
Even though she wasn't exactly ready for death, death was ready for her.]]> 2017-04-03 15:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164386579 Figurative language solanog953 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164386753 Personification - "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-"  
In these lines, Emily uses personification for Death as a man who drove a carriage for her at her last moments, letting her recollect her memories before she dies.]]> 2017-04-03 15:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164386753 Irregular Capitalization and Dashes anderson837 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164387253 *bolded words
Emily Dickinson uses irregular capitalization and dashes to emphasize certain words to show the depth and importance of each object]]> 2017-04-03 15:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164387253 Imagery anderson837 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164388700 "We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess- in the Ring-
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain-
We passed the Setting Sun-"
Making a trip down memory lane to reflect how she's somewhat at peace with the thought of memories and her young life.]]> 2017-04-03 16:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164388700 Gossamer Gown solanog953 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164405158 2017-04-03 16:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164405158 anderson837 https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164589816 2017-04-04 12:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson837/edickinsondeath/wish/164589816