Emily’s Dickinson “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is a six stanza poem that talks about the narrator’s experience with death. This essay focuses on the third stanza of this poem, which provides a vivid description of the voyage in the company of Death. Although the entire poem reflects contrasting perspectives between life and death, this particular stanza is special because it captures the discrepancy between the two, while creating a harmony.
“We passed the School, where Children strove
At recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun –” This four line stanza is written in ...
