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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 ...
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]
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 ]
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 ...
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;
Oates borrows the allegorical figures in Emily Dickinson’s famous poem Because I could not stop for Death (first appearing under the title “The Chariot” in 1890). The opening verses of the poem read: Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality. [23]
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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)