An Analysis of Emily Dickinsons Poem, Because I Could Not Stop for Dea

In the poem Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson refers to death as a gentlemen who circumstantially visits Dickinson to take her on a journey towards eternity (I. 24). It is very ironic that she considers death as a gentleman, but as we all know it is the pith opposite. On the second stanza they both start the slow and peaceful journey. We slowly drove, he knew no haste (I. 5). We can see the tranquility of the scene in which they are. Dickinson here understands the seriousness of the situation in which she is, and she forgets about everything. And I put away my labor and my leisure too, For his civility She describes her struggle in life with the tidings labor, the word leisure as her freedom (I.6) and deaths kindness as civility (I.8)Stanza number three narrates her story from her childhood as children strove (I.9) followed by the handle of Grazing grain (I.11) and ending with the setting sun (I.12) This stanza talks and explains about how we all go through our life stages. The fourth stanza demonstrates how uncertain she is about her life. O...