Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson went on to be one of the most known and greatest American poets. This is due to her very unique and interesting writing style that has puzzled and intrigued readers for a long time. Dickinson wrote during a well-known time called Realism and that helped shape her writing. Her personal experiences also affected her dark and depressing writing, including the death of family members and friends, and the sickness all around her. In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson shows the darkness in her life through personification, imagery, and symbolism.
Emily Dickinson focuses on using personification in her writing. An example of her using personification is when she uses visual images to create the carriage in which the personified qualities of Death and Immortality ride in. This use of it is very evident because it is clear that death can’t ride in a carriage. Another example is when she personifies death as a man. She shows this when she says death is stopping for her and when it says that they are driving slowly. Finally, in lines 1 and 2 it says, “he kindly waited for me.” Death literally can’t wait for someone. These are all examples of how Dickinson uses personification in her poem “Because I could Not Stop for Death.” …show more content…
One example is “The roof was scarcely visible, the cornice but a mound gives off a image of a grave or tomb. This presents a mental image of a tomb or grave that she is heading towards with death. Another is the image of death being a man. She creates the image that she is actually riding in a carriage with someone on the way to her death or funeral. Another is an image of the children playing at recess. This portrays an image of children playing at recess and it could be her going through her life and her childhood on her way to death. These are all examples of how Emily Dickinson uses imagery in her
Emily Dickinson focuses on using personification in her writing. An example of her using personification is when she uses visual images to create the carriage in which the personified qualities of Death and Immortality ride in. This use of it is very evident because it is clear that death can’t ride in a carriage. Another example is when she personifies death as a man. She shows this when she says death is stopping for her and when it says that they are driving slowly. Finally, in lines 1 and 2 it says, “he kindly waited for me.” Death literally can’t wait for someone. These are all examples of how Dickinson uses personification in her poem “Because I could Not Stop for Death.” …show more content…
One example is “The roof was scarcely visible, the cornice but a mound gives off a image of a grave or tomb. This presents a mental image of a tomb or grave that she is heading towards with death. Another is the image of death being a man. She creates the image that she is actually riding in a carriage with someone on the way to her death or funeral. Another is an image of the children playing at recess. This portrays an image of children playing at recess and it could be her going through her life and her childhood on her way to death. These are all examples of how Emily Dickinson uses imagery in her