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"Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. Dickinson's work was never authorized to be published, so it is unknown whether "Because I could not stop for Death" was completed or "abandoned". [1] The speaker of Dickinson's poem meets personified Death. Death ...
In the second stanza, the narrator appears isolated from her surroundings, detached from people who are witnessing her death and aftermath. [3] It is through the line, "The Stillness in the Room / Was like the Stillness in the Air – / Between the Heaves of Storm –" that the speaker's detachment from the moment she is dying is apparent. [ 4 ]
Dickinson's poems are considered mysterious and enigmatic and typically have a volta, or turn in topic, at the end, as in "Because I could not stop for Death." "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" has a similar quality, but some critics consider it childlike in its simplicity. [15]
An asterisk indicates that this poem, or part of this poem, occurs elsewhere in the fascicles or sets but its subsequent occurrences are not noted. Thus "F01.03.016*" indicates the 16th poem within fascicle #1, which occurs on the 3rd signature or sheet bound in that fascicle; and that this poem (or part of it) also recurs elsewhere in the ...
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Because I could not stop for Death; A Bird came down the Walk; H "Hope" is the thing with feathers; I. I heard a Fly buzz—when I died; I like to see it lap the Miles;
APA does not address this issue." The titles are frequently seen listed as the first line of the poem, of course, and with all punctuations and spaces intact. For example: "Snow flakes."; '"'Because I could not stop for Death –"; It was not Death, for I stood up,". Thank you for your time, Wordreader 16:46, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
Because I could not stop for Death; Ben Bolt; The Book of the Dead (poem) C. Casabianca (poem) Catullus 68; Catullus 101; The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)