The song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult, and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson are both about death. The main factor separating the two is mainly the song is about love. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” is gentle and mellow, and makes death appear as a friendly entity, like the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”. The narrator in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” has Death itself as a companion for the carriage ride. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” features a woman opening a door for death, and that she fears him, but gives in. However, at the end of the song, she doesn’t fear him anymore and flies away with him, realizing how beautiful the view is. This implies to not fear death, as they are just wanting to
