Death is represented in this lyric as a gentleman suitor who tenderly demands that the speaker set aside both "work" and "recreation." He shows up in his carriage, having halted for her since she couldn't stop for him, and he even submits to a chaperone, "Immortality," for the length of their excursion together.
To her, death isn't terrible and she doesn't see him as a horrific figure. Their drive is moderate, and they pass the well-known sights of the town: fields of grain which appear to gaze at them, the neighborhood school and its play area. Even in this way, the speaker understands this is no standard trip with a customary refined man guest when they pass the setting sun, "Or rather—He passed Us—." She understands that it has begun to
To her, death isn't terrible and she doesn't see him as a horrific figure. Their drive is moderate, and they pass the well-known sights of the town: fields of grain which appear to gaze at them, the neighborhood school and its play area. Even in this way, the speaker understands this is no standard trip with a customary refined man guest when they pass the setting sun, "Or rather—He passed Us—." She understands that it has begun to