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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 — We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
"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.
Emily Dickinson, “I Heard a Fly buzz—when I died” from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson. Copyright 1945, 1951, ©1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Dickinson’s poem is an example of apophasis, or paralepsis, which is the rhetorical strategy of mentioning something to deny its relevance or importance (It was not Death; It was not Night; etc). Write a poem that also defines an emotional state by defining what it’s not.
Death – is but one – and comes but once – . And only nails the eyes – . There's Grief of Want – and grief of Cold – . A sort they call "Despair" – . There's Banishment from native Eyes – . In sight of Native Air – . And though I may not guess the kind – . Correctly – yet to me.
‘The last Night that She lived’ by Emily Dickinson is a poem about a dying woman’s final moments and how a specific observer felt about her death. Read Poem. PDF Guide. Key Poem Information. Unlock more with Poetry +. Central Message: Death is not the end. Themes: Death, Journey, Spirituality. Speaker: Someone observing a woman dying.
‘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”.
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