This poem, written by Emily Dickinson, is a good way for individuals to get a sense of how their loved one felt just moments before their passing. Emily writes the poem as if it were being written by the person who was dying. In the first stanza, Dickinson gives an overview of the whole process of dying. However, in the later stanzas she gives full details so that the reader can relate it back to this first stanza. In line 2 and 3 she writes, “The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air”. Interpreted, this let’s us know that when the character portrayed in this poem was on their deathbed, they were alone. There was no sound or anything the cause any noise. It was just peaceful for the character. In the second stanza, Emily
