Because I Could not Stop for Death
Emile Dickenson is one of the greatest American poet's. Her poems are short but powerful. She has written about 1800 poems and they were published posthumously. She never married and lined at home with in her family circle. However she had a sense of keen observation, a sourness of feeling and a passionate grasp of life.
Nature, Love, Death and Immortality are the themes of a poems. Her poem "Because I Could not Stop for Death" describes death in an interesting manner. It describes the poet's imaginary journey with death and immortality in a horse-drawn carriage. One day death came to her and requested politely and affectionatly to come with him on a journey. She accepted the offer his civiliy and they proceed on the journey. Besides them there was immortality in the carriage.
First they passed through a school. There were children talking and playing in small rounds and groups. Next they passed through fields with ripe corns. The crops were gazing at the sun. Then, they passed through the sunset, of course it was the sun which passed them. Night came and the wind was chill. The poet was weaving very light and soft clothes and she shivered in the cold winter night. finally, they reached the place which lokked like a house. But it was not a house, it was a mount were there was a house once. It had crumbled and there is only a heap of earth.
Through this imaginary journey Dickenson conveys her philosophy of our life and death. The journey refers to our life from childhood to death. Throughout our life death is with us, travels with us and does not do any harm to us. The poet asserts that we will not fear death if we know these facts and when we are familiar with the nature of death, we will not panic at the thought of death. We will find our life running smoothy and Pleasantly. Hence Dickenson praisi the friendly and harmless nature of death.
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