Poetry Analysis on Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Emily Dickinson

Poetic Analysis on Because I Could Not Stop for Death <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> <Tab/>It is known that Emily Dickinson had a natural fear and obsession for death and her contemplation of her death is reflected in her poem, Because I Could Not Stop for Death. In Dickinson's works, she personified death, the central …

…of this poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", indicates it's theme. Dickinson tells the reader indirectly that one cannot stop death , therefore showing the reader that death is inevitable and is in control of our lives thus becoming the controller of human time. Through the use of narration, tone and mood and figurative language Emily Dickinson has been able to convey the theme that death is the controller of human time and energy.