In the case of Line 20, the poet uses this pause to signify a significant mood change. The mood for Lines 1-19, which encompass the romantic carriage ride, is calm and relaxed, lackadaisical even. The dash that changes the entire form of the poem, in line 20, shows the moment in which the speaker realized that she has died. The tone of the speaker in line 20, “the comice- [was] in the ground” shows that for the first moment the speaker is scared or even shocked, but the overall mood remains calm. Even the dash between “the cornice” and “in the ground” demonstrates the pause between when she realizes that she is viewing the top of the house, the grave, in which she is supposed to live is in the ground. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson allows to gain another feeling about dying, tranquility, and provides an answer for the philosophical question “where do we go when we
In the case of Line 20, the poet uses this pause to signify a significant mood change. The mood for Lines 1-19, which encompass the romantic carriage ride, is calm and relaxed, lackadaisical even. The dash that changes the entire form of the poem, in line 20, shows the moment in which the speaker realized that she has died. The tone of the speaker in line 20, “the comice- [was] in the ground” shows that for the first moment the speaker is scared or even shocked, but the overall mood remains calm. Even the dash between “the cornice” and “in the ground” demonstrates the pause between when she realizes that she is viewing the top of the house, the grave, in which she is supposed to live is in the ground. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson allows to gain another feeling about dying, tranquility, and provides an answer for the philosophical question “where do we go when we