Death Came To See Me In Hot Pink Pants

The poems Because I Couldn’t Stop For Death by Emily Dickinson and Death Came to See Me in Hot Pink Pants by Heather Royes both represent the theme Death. In both poems Death is personified and is depicted as a gentleman caller. Yet Dickinson’s poem is a recollection of the persona’s death and Royes’ poem is the recalling of a dream the persona once had in which she struggled with Death and won. In the poem, Because I Couldn’t Stop For Death, the persona is reminiscing on the day she died. Death appears to her as a gentleman caller in a horse-drawn carriage. As they drive slowly towards their destination they pass all the places she visited throughout her lifetime. Towards the end of the journey, they come upon a house that seemed to be a “swelling in the ground that is assumed to be her grave. It’s not until the end of the final stanza that is discovered that the persona is actually dead. However, the poem Death Came To See Me In Hot Pink Pants, the persona is recalling a dream where a beautiful saga boy in hot pink pants and matching waistcoat comes to visit her. He is at first charming and sweet and uses his beauty to seduce her. But after realizing what he is after she fights him off and Death becomes angry and aggressive revealing his true nature. …show more content…
Royes’ poem shows him as beautiful saga boy who uses his charms to hide his real motives while Dickinson’s poem shows him displaying the behavior a gentleman caller should portray when courting a woman in the Victorian Era. Though both poems represent the theme of Death, Royes’ poem is the recalling of a dream the persona once had in which she struggled with Death. While Dickinson’s persona recollects her death centuries ago. Both poets show the different sides of death, in Royes’ it was cunning and deceitful, slowly creeping up on you while in Dickinson’s death is seen as something that is peaceful coming slowly and giving you the time to accept the