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I believe that he is escorting the speaker to paradise because the poem didn’t give off the vibe of deceit. Usually the character of death is seen as a dark entity for obvious reasons. Being as death is the one who ends the life of the living, one doesn’t see him in a positive light. Yet this poem gives him a different vibe of someone who eases the speaker into the end of their life. “He kindly stopped for me…” Death was patient with the speaker. I don’t see how they could be deceiving.
While I could see how others might interpret death as someone who deceives her and robs her life from her, I disagree. I believe that the author has accepted death as an inevitable trip that we all must take. The line “Because I could not stop for Death--He kindly stopped for me” seems to say that a person has little time for much in their lives, and death always finds a way for a person to make time for it. The poem uses a carriage as her conveyance to eternity, making depicting different moments in one’s life. Children in the playground signify childhood, while fertile fields and the setting sun signify adulthood and old age. “The Dews drew quivering and chill” states she feels that lack of warmth, or death. “We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground—The Roof was scarcely visible—The Cornice-in the Ground”, describes her new temporary home, a grave. A cornice is the horizontal plane of house, so when she states it’s in the ground, it signifies the house is in the ground, hence her grave. The line, “Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses’ heads were towards Eternity” in my opinion states life is short and death is forever. In the poem, the carriage heads off to eternity, which mean life is short death is eternal, one must enjoy life.
I believe the poem shows death kindly escorting her to paradise. The very first line of the poem is "because I could not stop for death" if you think about this we live our lives everyday we never think about death and we would not stop for it. "He kindly stopped for me" this I see as I am here to take you. The poem says he slowly drive no haste he is letting her see the beginning to the the end of her life children playing, fields grown and now the sun has set. This symbolizes her life. Then lastly the grave in the ground roof was barely visible. Even though centuries have passed it feels shorter than a day this says to me how everything slows down once you are deceased. You are no longer in a hustle and bustle of life.
I believe that the poem shows death kindly escorting the speaker to paradise. In the poem it states that death stops to pick up the speaker and take her along on a stroll in a carriage, which in my opinion I find to be tranquil and not disturbing whatsoever. Then it states "He kindly stopped for me" which gives off to me that death is more in a form of a gentleman and proceeds the trip in a more calm and at ease form. The tone used in the poem is of an acceptance about death. It is described that as they pass through the town they see children playing and the sun setting which gives off a peaceful vibration. Therefore, I do not believe that death came to the speaker as a deceiver carrying her off to destruction. I conclude that it rather came to her as something unexpected since she states that she is under dressed and unprepared. I feel that the whole time she's been at ease because she knows it's something inescapable."Since then-'tis Centuries-and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity."
"Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
I believe that in this poem shows how death is escorting the speaker to paradise. "We passed the school where children strove," i think this line shows how death is taking the speaker through every stage of his life. Death is something natural that will happen to all of us. This poem is describing how the speaker is accepting his own death in a very good way, unlike other people that just don't want to die or something like that.
I believe That he is escorting the Speaker to paradise. In my believe it means death is unavoidable, and gets closer and closer to death. No one knows when it is our time to die. By the way the poem reads it feels calm. When it mentions children playing represents life, while the Sun setting represents death. She is assuming that her carriage of death she is in is going towards her eternity. I believe her view of death is not bad, but in fact she says it is kind.
Shanda wrote: "I believe the poem shows death kindly escorting her to paradise. The very first line of the poem is "because I could not stop for death" if you think about this we live our lives everyday we never ..."I too saw the children, fields, and sunset as different phases of her life. I guess that in death you are no longer made "busy" by the little things in life and you should enjoy life no matter how long it lasts. In the end, life will always seem too short.
In the poem "Because I could not stop for death" it is more than obvious that the poem is escorting the Speaker to paradise. Emily Dickinson starts the poem with the title. This gives readers curiosity to find out what she is talking about. Then, she leads you into finding out that she is infatuated with the idea that death waits for us. The line that helped me figure this out was "We slowly drove- He knew no Haste And I had to put away my labor and my leisure too, for his Civility" this line gives the connection between the author and death. Emily continues on with giving descriptive details with what she does with her time while death waits for her, "We passed the school, where children Strove." Towards the end, she gives readers the opportunity to captures a dark image of a house that is her own grave. By doing this, Emily is wanting the speaker to see her infatuation with death and the fact that death is not bad thing.
In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” death does not come as a deceiver. I believe he escorts the speaker to some sort of paradise. It shows that death is kind. “He kindly stopped for me…” Death picks her up in a carriage and he takes her around town. Through the poem it seems pleasant. “We slowly drove, he knew no hast and I put away my labor…we passed the school, where children strove, at recess-in the Ring- we passed the fields of gazing grain.” I didn’t seem to catch any deceiving from death in the poem. It seemed like the speaker was calm and peaceful about death even though she was not prepared. She showed no fear but was accepting.
I can see why some people believe that death is the deceiver. But you have to realize is death is part of life and theres no cheating it. So my point is that death doesn't have to be presumed as "bad". I don't believe death to be the deceiver here but yes kindly escorting her to her ending. Because no matter what her life is coming to an end death is just gracefully taking her there. "Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just ourselves- And immortality." This quote is was makes me believe that he is kind showing her on her way to her death because he shows up basically fancy and nice. Along the way she is descriptive of what she sees and how sweet it is. Basically death is giving her a beautiful ride to her end and he didn't have to do that. If he were a deceiver I'm sure things would have gone a different way. In the end she says "I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity" so you can take that she is talking in past tense, that she feels like it was just yesterday that it happened and that death wasn't so bad after all.
Monique wrote: "I believe that he is escorting the speaker to paradise because the poem didn’t give off the vibe of deceit. Usually the character of death is seen as a dark entity for obvious reasons. Being as dea..."I see how you would also think that death is not a deceiver. In this poem we see that death is escorting the speaker as paradise. Some people may fear death but none of us can not avoid it. In this case the speaker seemed to be okay with it and accepting. It seemed that they were enjoying the ride.
Monique wrote: "I believe that he is escorting the speaker to paradise because the poem didn’t give off the vibe of deceit. Usually the character of death is seen as a dark entity for obvious reasons. Being as dea..."Yes, the poem was not dark. It was very calm just like the carriage right the author uses as she is transportated into the afterlife.
Luis wrote: "While I could see how others might interpret death as someone who deceives her and robs her life from her, I disagree. I believe that the author has accepted death as an inevitable trip that we al..."Luis i agree with you when you mention That she has accepted death. And as well with her Rose of carriage is the way to eternity. We might just always enjoy life no matter what.
Emily Dickinson starts the poem like if she was answering a question, " because I could not stop for death." The reader doesnt know why exactly she starts with an explanation, but it intrigues us and we want to know. Death stops "kindly," as saying death came to her in a almost peaceful way. It also raises a question, why couldn't she stop for death but death could stop for her? She rides with death and "Immortality," which is kind of a contradiction, unless she thinks there is life after death. Death didn't make it a hasty drive, but took his time almost as if they were both enjoying it. Dickinson makes us think something is about to happen. She gives up work and hobbies, or in other words life. They pass a school, and I would like to think they pass it for melancholic moment, as if to say I was there yesterday and now I've passed. We also don't know how old she is, so that mite signal an age difference and shows how life passes by slow and quick at the same time. This, in my eyes, shows death as an escort to an internal life, or "paradise". Death is showing her one last look at the world before she is taken.
I believe that the poem is kindly leading the speaker to paradise. Many of us may see death as something horrible but in my personal opinion it is not. When I was reading the poem, I felt a great tranquility maybe because of the delicacy it was been said. “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me;….. We slowly drove, he knew no haste,” no rush at all. When it says “We passed the school, where children strove,” it is describing the phase of childhood. Then, adulthood is describe in this passage, “we passed the fields of gazing grain, we passed the setting sun.” And at the end death is to come because that is part of life, “We passed before house that seemed, A swelling of the ground.”
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson shows us the passage from death to paradise. I believe death is escorting the speaker to paradise and on the way her life is reminiscing back to her. The speaker describes death as a person picking her up in a car and being calm and in no rush, “We slowly drove – He knew no haste.” The speaker shows no fear as her life plays back and as they reach the end she seems ready to enter eternity.
Amber wrote: "I believe death is escorting the speaker to paradise and on the way her life is reminiscing back to her." I agree that death isn't the deceiver in this poem. He shows up in a fancy carriage and is dressed up and basically gracefully escorting her to her death. She is telling us that she is okay with her dying the fact that she is already speaking from the grave. So she is giving us an insight that it doesn't have to be scary.
Kirsten wrote: "In the poem "Because I could not stop for death" it is more than obvious that the poem is escorting the Speaker to paradise. Emily Dickinson starts the poem with the title. This gives readers curio..."The quote you chose is the perfect example of why Death wasn't a deceiver. He was patient with the speaker and in no way rushed her.
I believe the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson shows how death is kindly escorting the speaker to some sort of paradise. I believe the speaker doesn’t think of Death as the end but rather a step to eternal life. “Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.” These lines show how the speaker is not a bit scared of the fact that she is about to die. She is well aware of what her outcome is going to be and believes that death is generous because it takes her on a carriage to have a last look of her years alive. In the whole poem, the speaker sounds content and is accepting with all enthusiasm the path to where she will be taken. This poem just shows how, just like the speaker, some of us are aware of death and know that one-day can be our last here on earth. I believe we are all going to have to go through this, but to many, death is something hard to think about. Just like Dickinson, I think death is a step to an eternal life.
Luis wrote: "While I could see how others might interpret death as someone who deceives her and robs her life from her, I disagree. I believe that the author has accepted death as an inevitable trip that we al..."I could see how you relate the children playing in the playground to signify her childhood and the sun setting to signify the adulthood and old age. I too believe the tone used in this poem is more of an acceptance about death and even though it came at her unexpected, she is at ease because she knows that at the end it is something she can't escape.
Death is basically the hero in this poem for me anyway. "Because I can not stop death- he kindly stop for me-" People may thought of death as triffing at first that they or one is to soon to die. Like the poem Death in the Rose graden. However, some will find death as serenitY because life is nice but death is beauty. Once a person's life is forfill then they will wait upon death to take them with no regrets. The narrator life was filled, and once she saw death stop for her. She was overjoyed, thats why she wear a gown and dressed up. She was waiting for death to take her home.
First of all, before I start to answer the discussion question, I want to say how much I loved this poem. I can see why some critics believe that this poem shows death kindly escorting her to paradise and why others believe that death is a deceiver, carrying her off to destruction. I believe that both are true. It’s very hard to say. Nobody wants to die that’s why I believe she says, “Because I could not stop for death, death kindly stopped for me.” I believe this means life is busy no one is thinking about dying and no one wants to think about dying. Death comes unexpectedly without us knowing or even wanting it to come, “I first surmised the horses’ heads were toward eternity.” Death is not pretty “the dews drew quivering and chill.” And no one is prepared to die, “for only gossamer, my gown, my tippet only tulle.” She wasn’t dressed for the chill in the air. She wasn’t prepared for death. Although it seems as though death is being kind and gentle, death has come as an unexpected deceiver. “And I had put away my labour, and my leisure too, for his civility.” She put aside everything to follow death. Death had tricked her into following him with his kindness. I believe that death came to take her peacefully to her doom. But in the end she says, “since then its centuries and yet feels shorter than the day…” Like the saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” So if death had carried her off to destruction, I don’t think she would have said that centuries have passed yet it feels like a day. If anything she would have said it felt like eternity. It’s really hard to say but I believe both can be true. “And I had put away my labour, and my leisure too, for his civility.” “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” by Emily Dickinson
Rosie wrote: "I believe That he is escorting the Speaker to paradise. In my believe it means death is unavoidable, and gets closer and closer to death. No one knows when it is our time to die. By the way the poe..."I never thought about it the way Rosie did, that the children playing represents life, while the Sun setting represents death. I thought that was a great way to analyze the poem.
Pearl wrote: "I believe that the poem shows death kindly escorting the speaker to paradise. In the poem it states that death stops to pick up the speaker and take her along on a stroll in a carriage, which in my..."I believe that Pearl is right when she says that she went with death peacefully because death is inevitable and inescapable. Maybe she was never deceived by death's kindness to lure her in but rather just accepted it and rolled with the punches.
Simply, nobody can escape death. Though, it comes in many ways, I believe that the speaker is kindly been escorted to paradise, mening death because she is leaving life peacefully with acceptance. As the story mentions "Because I can not stop death- he kindly stop for me" makes us readers gets a sense of relieve ,freedom.
I believe The Poem “Death” shows death kindly escorting the speaker to some sort of paradise. In the poem there are certain quotes that states the one being taken into death is not having a hard time accepting the fact that she or he is going to die or is on his or her way. For example in the first sentences the writer states “ Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me”. Using the word kindly states in my opinion the state of tranquility and peace. The second example is right after the first example “ We slowly drove, He knew no haste, And I had put away, my labor and leisure too, for his civility”. Everything that was the past was being left behind in the past, everything that once was a problem will not trouble no more. The last quote that made me realizes that Death is not so bad as we fear is in the last paragraph were the writer states “ I first surmised the Horses’ Heads, Were towards Eternity”. Death and the person that had just died were going with God to eternity just as the bible states, after death there is eternal happiness.
Hilda wrote: "In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” death does not come as a deceiver. I believe he escorts the speaker to some sort of paradise. It shows that death is kind. “He kindly stopped for me..."i agree Hilda 100 percent i also believe Death was not a deceiver because of the settings in the poem and everything that was going on while going through town.
I believe the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” does not come as a deciever, rather it does escort the reader to a sort of paradise. My opinion would be because people say, when people die, their body releases an euphoria, they do not feel pain. People fear death, but they may be fearing a painful death. In the story she states "Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – " she was not waiting for her death, but her time has come and she was more accepting, and also "I first surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity – " this part made me believe that she was trying to get the reader to see a more peaceful picture, instead of thinking of a horse more of a fable creature.
Suzette wrote: "I believe the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” does not come as a deciever, rather it does escort the reader to a sort of paradise. My opinion would be because people say, when people die,..."Definitely death does not come as a deceiver, instead it leads the reader to paradise. There is people who does fear the pain of death but I also believe that if you are ready and have peace within yourself (God; there is nothing to fear.
