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By Emily Dickinson. 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 –.
"Because I could not stop for death" is one of Emily Dickinson's most celebrated poems and was composed around 1863. In the poem, a female speaker tells the story of how she was visited by "Death," personified as a "kindly" gentleman, and taken for a ride in his carriage.
‘Because I could not stop for Death’ by Emily Dickinson (Bio | Poems) depicts a speaker’s perception of death, the afterlife, and the journey it takes to get there. In the first lines of the poem, the speaker uses the famous line “Because I could not stop for Death,/ He kindly stopped for me”.
"Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. Dickinson's work was never authorized to be published, so it is unknown whether "Because I could not stop for Death" was completed or "abandoned". [1]
Emily Dickinson. 1830 –. 1886. 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 —
Emily Dickinson. 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—
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