Published On Mar 20, 2021
β³ This poem by Emily Dickinson could have millions of interpretations; I decided to see it like a trip to the past while you're about to die. That's why I chose to turn it into a hypothetical road trip. I know it is a strange metaphor, but those are the first images that came to my mind when I read the poem for the first time. Hope you enjoyed it!
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β³ Some Emily Dickinsonβs Books:
π The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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π Open Me Carefully: Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
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πEnvelope Poems
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πThe Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
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πHope Is the Thing with Feathers (Petite Poems)
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πThe Essential Emily Dickinson
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πEmily Dickinson's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet
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πThe Illustrated Emily Dickinson: 25 Essential Poems
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β³ Narrator
Tom O'bedlam
β³ Music
Findings by August Wilhelmsson
β³ Poem
Because I could not stop for Death
By Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death β
He kindly stopped for me β
The Carriage held but just Ourselves β
And Immortality.
We slowly drove β He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility β
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess β in the Ring β
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain β
We passed the Setting Sun β
Or rather β He passed Us β
The Dews drew quivering and Chill β
For only Gossamer, my Gown β
My Tippet β only Tulle β
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground β
The Roof was scarcely visible β
The Cornice β in the Ground β
Since then β 'tis Centuries β and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity β