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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 –.
"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.
In Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘Because I could not stop for Death,’ the author personifies death, portraying him as a close friend or perhaps even a gentleman suitor. In the first stanza, she reveals that she welcomes death when she says, “He kindly stopped for me.”
Because I could not stop for Death. Emily Dickinson in a daguerreotype, circa December 1846 or early 1847. " 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 ...
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 —
By Emily Dickinson. Share. 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 –.
The poem, which is one of Dickinson’s most famous, centers on a female speaker who recounts her metaphysical journey from life to death. This journey requires her to relinquish both “labor” and “leisure” (lines 7).
