Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death Essay -- Emily Di

Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death In Emily Dickinsons Because I could not stop for Death (448), the speaker of the poem is a cleaning lady who relates about a situation after her death. The speaker personifies death as a polite and considerate gentleman who takes her in a carriage for a romantic journey however, at the end of this poem, she finishes her expedition realizing that she has died many years ago. The poem contains six quatrains, and does not follow any consistent rhyme scheme. every line starts with a strong beat and ends up with a weak beat. The first and third lines in each stanza have iambic tetrameter, but the minute and fourth lines do not contain any consistent meter. The feet generate a rhythm the following way. Bevcause/ Iv could/ notV stop/ forv Death/Hev kind/lyv stop/ forv me/This rhythm mimics the sound of horses hooves on the ground. Emily Dickinson correlates the speakers expression of her journey toward Eternity-(l. 24) with horses h oofed feet in her allegory (Class note). In the first stanza, she begins her journey with a beautiful gentleman named Death who takes her in the carriage. Even though in the first line Because I could not stop for Death (l. 1), the poet gives us a clew of the speakers disappearance in the world, the speaker thinks that she is still alive. The poet chooses a special term Immortality (l. 4) to show that at the beginning of her journey the speaker is young and ...