Death By: Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immorality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labour, and my leisure too, For his civility. Or rather, he passed us; The dews grew quivering and chill, For only gossamer my gown, My tippet only tulle. We passed before a house that seemed A swelling of the ground; The roof was scarcely visible, The cornice but a mound. Since then tis centuries, and yet each Feels shorter than the day I first surmise the horsess heads Were toward eternity. Definitions: Immortality: unending life Leisure: free time Strove: try hard Surmise: to guess Tippet: a scarf Haste: speed, to go fast Civility: to be polite Cornice: decorative molding Gossamer: webbing on grass Tulle: a thin material like silk Question: The poem has a few literary/poetic devices. Identify two different types of literary devices (so you cannot find two metaphors, you cannot find 2 examples of personification, etc) Explain your examples. Answer a, b a) In the first stanza the 1st and 2nd lines are personification because death is not a living human being so death cannot stop or stop kindly for you because it cannot feel emotion. b) I believe the entire poem is a metaphor for someone who was going so fast in life and is stopped by death. Death interrupted them and all they were around and were seeing. Their life is flashing before their eyes. So, you can run from death, but it will catch up to you at an appointed time. Question: 2. Tell me about this poems structure Answer: This poem has regular stanzas and irregular line length. Question: Find two examples of imagery in this poem and explain why your example is imagery in this poem. Answer: a) in the third stanza, 3rd line it says, we passed fields gazing grain that shows imagery because it communicates fields and gazing so you can get an image of a rural countryside. Whatsmore, our living involves sight. Amidst life there is death that takes people away from all that they can see visibly. Answer: b) In the second stanza 1st line gives a sense of touch. Question: 4. What is the theme of this poem? Explain your answer. Answer: The theme of the poem is the fact of life matter that everyone will die eventually and it should not be feared. Be PREPARED. Be PREPARED to meet God, Jehovah Almighty Yaweh through Jesus Christ. 5. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Answer: ABCD, ABCD, ABCD, ABCD, ABCD, ABCD Jesus is the way to life eternal. Be saved today. Prepare to meet God. Prepare to MEET the LORD. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. St. John 14:6 But the end of all things is at hand, be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer… 1 Peter 4: 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 1 Peter 4:7 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 1:2 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Proverbs 1:33 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10: 31 Meanwhile, journey along as I bring you daily inspirations and the Bread of life of the Word of God for our Spiritual FOOD. Man shall not live by bread alone. *And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee { -know- } that- [ man doth -not -live -by -bread =only, but by every *word -that -proceedeth -out -of -the -mouth *of -the -Lord -doth -man -live.] (*Book of Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 3) -------- JRO (Jennifer Roberts) Author, Prepare ye the way of the LORD. Blessed Moving Victorious Wednesday of October 24, 2013 But the end of all things is at hand, be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer… 1 Peter 4: 7 Where there is LIFE there is DEATH. BE PREPARED DAILY TO MEET GOD. PREPARE TO MEET GOD. #Killer devil is on the LOOSE spiritually devouring whomsoever he may.
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