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 decease as a gentlemen who unexpectedly 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 total opposite. On the second stanza they both start the slow and peaceful journey. We slowly drove, he knew no haste (I. 5). We can catch 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 sputter in life with the word 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 fields of Grazing grain (I.11) and ending with the setting sun (I.12) This stanza talks and explains about how we all go through ou r life stages. The fourth part stanza demonstrates how uncertain she is about her life. O...