In the poem, “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson discusses the major theme of immortality. Although mortality is used as the driving force in her journey, the overarching theme and idea here seems to be immortality and her journey to the afterlife. Dickinson uses figurative language and form to craft a poem that emphasizes her ideas as well as her attitude within the poem to perfection. The poem is not just a physical journey within the final minutes of her life, rather it is a journey towards eternity.
Early in the poem, Dickinson creates Death to be a character with whom the narrator enters his carriage to start her journey towards the end of her physical life on earth. At first, It seems as if Death is alone with the narrator, while she makes it clear that there is another force present, by saying, “The …show more content…
While Immortality may not be a physical character like Death is, it is definitely something that Dickinson wants the reader to become aware of. The breaks between the two lines show her use of form, which allows the reader to see the idea that death is not the only part of the process, rather immortality becomes a factor as well. Dickinson then starts to shift the poem’s general feeling as the reader moves from the first half of the piece to the final three stanzas. This is another key example of her use of form within the poem, she wants to begin to discuss the final parts of her journey and that change becomes clearly evident to the reader. The coldness inspired by her use of imagery in these few lines of the fourth stanza show that she is starting to separate from the mortal world, as she says, “The dews grew quivering and chill, / For only gossamer my gown” (14-15). It seems as if the narrator is becoming vulnerable, as she was never really ready to die in the first stanzas of the poem. Now
Early in the poem, Dickinson creates Death to be a character with whom the narrator enters his carriage to start her journey towards the end of her physical life on earth. At first, It seems as if Death is alone with the narrator, while she makes it clear that there is another force present, by saying, “The …show more content…
While Immortality may not be a physical character like Death is, it is definitely something that Dickinson wants the reader to become aware of. The breaks between the two lines show her use of form, which allows the reader to see the idea that death is not the only part of the process, rather immortality becomes a factor as well. Dickinson then starts to shift the poem’s general feeling as the reader moves from the first half of the piece to the final three stanzas. This is another key example of her use of form within the poem, she wants to begin to discuss the final parts of her journey and that change becomes clearly evident to the reader. The coldness inspired by her use of imagery in these few lines of the fourth stanza show that she is starting to separate from the mortal world, as she says, “The dews grew quivering and chill, / For only gossamer my gown” (14-15). It seems as if the narrator is becoming vulnerable, as she was never really ready to die in the first stanzas of the poem. Now