In Emily Dickson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, Dickson uses vivid literary elements to support the theme, such as, imagery, symbolism, climax, and the changing settings. Throughout the poem, the reader is convinced that death is not such a bad thing after all. Emily can be portrayed as a ghost, re-experiencing what is life was like for a short period of time, before she goes into accepting the afterlife. This short poem outlines the acceptance of death and how it is nothing to be afraid of nor worry about. In the first stanza, “Death” and “Immortality” are being personified in a positive way, “Death” (1) and “Immortality” (4). The speaker could not stop for death, but he kindly stopped for her.
