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29 Sep 2021

I could not stop for Death

     by Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death

He kindly stopped for me

The carriage held but just Ourselves

4- And Immortality.

 

We slowly drove - He knew no haste,

And I had put away

My labor, and my leisure too,

8- For His Civility -

 

We passed the School, where Children strove,

At Recess - in the Ring -

We passed the fields of gazing grain,

12- We passed the Setting Sun -

 

Or rather - He passed Us

The Dews grew quivering and chill

For only Gossamer my Gown

16- My Tippet - only Tulle -

 

Which poetic device does Dickinson use in the following lines of "Because I could not stop for Death"?

    Line 15: "For only Gossamerr my Gown --"

A. metaphor (the comparison of two unlike things)

B. alliteration (repetition of first consonant sound in a string of words)

C. simile (the comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like")