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Because I Could Not Stop for Death |
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Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality. We slowly drove-He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility- We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess-in the Ring- We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain- We passed the Setting Sun- Or rather-He passed Us- The Dews drew quivering and chill- For only Gossamer, my Gown- My Tippet-only Tulle- We paused befor a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground- The Roof was scarcely visible- The Cornice-in the Ground- Since then-'tis Centuries-and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmise the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity- Interpertation |
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Poetic Devices1. Slant rhyme - "He kindly stopped for me", And immortality. 2. Personification - "The dews drew quivering and chill." 3. Hyperbole - "Since then- 'tis Centuries- and yet, Feels shorter than the Day." 4. Sensory Image - "We passed the School, were the Children strove" 5. Symbol - "We passed the Setting Sun-" |
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