Because I Could Not Stop For Death

In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death“, Emily Dickinson uses recollected images of the past to confirm the known and the unknown. The poems gives expectation about death in reality and imagination. From centuries beyond the grave, the narrator describes the peaceful process of her passing, in which death is personified and escorts her in his carriage. During the leisurely ride, she passes ordinary sights. Such as a school house and fields--but finally realizes that the ride will last for all eternity.
Moreover, it appears that even though the theme is death, the character expresses pleasure, she reminisces, and she respects the fact that God was taking her soul away. These aggressive adjectives, “slowly” and “passed” illustrate a calm tone. In other words, “We slowly drove, He knew no haste/ …We passed the School…/ We passed the setting sun,” demonstrates peaceful and dreamy atmosphere that one may imagine will happen on there f...