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1、第3页共3页CommentaryandTheme.......“BecauseICouldNotStopforDeath”revealsEmilyDickinson’scalmacceptanceofdeath.Itissurprisingthatshepresentstheexperienceasbeingnomorefrighteningthanreceivingagentlemancaller—inthiscase,herfiancé(Deathpersonified)........Thejo
2、urneytothegravebeginsinStanza1,whenDeathcomescallinginacarriageinwhichImmortalityisalsoapassenger.AsthetripcontinuesinStanza2,thecarriagetrundlesalongataneasy,unhurriedpace,perhapssuggestingthatdeathhasarrivedintheformofadiseaseordebilitythattakesitstim
3、etokill.Then,inStanza3,theauthorappearstoreviewthestagesofherlife:childhood(therecessscene),maturity(theripe,hence,“gazing”grain),andthedescentintodeath(thesettingsun)–asshepassestotheotherside.There,sheexperiencesachillbecausesheisnotwarmlydressed.Infa
4、ct,hergarmentsaremoreappropriateforawedding,representinganewbeginning,thanforafuneral,representinganend........Herdescriptionofthegraveasher“house”indicateshowcomfortableshefeelsaboutdeath.There,aftercenturiespass,sopleasantishernewlifethattimeseemstost
5、andstill,feeling“shorterthanaDay.”.......Theoverallthemeofthepoemseemstobethatdeathisnottobefearedsinceitisanaturalpartoftheendlesscycleofnature.Herviewofdeathmayalsoreflectherpersonalityandreligiousbeliefs.Ontheonehand,asaspinster,shewassomewhatreclusi
6、veandintrospective,tendingtodwellonlonelinessanddeath.Ontheotherhand,asaChristianandaBiblereader,shewasoptimisticaboutherultimatefateandappearedtoseedeathasafriend.CharactersSpeaker:Awomanwhospeaksfromthegrave.Shesaysshecalmlyaccepteddeath.Infact,shesee
7、medtowelcomedeathasasuitorwhomsheplannedto"marry."Death:Suitorwhocalledforthenarratortoescorthertoeternity.Immortality:Apassengerinthecarriage.Children:Boysandgirlsatplayinaschoolyard.Theysymbolizeearlylife.Symbols.......Inthefourthstanza,theschoolsymbo
8、lizesthemorningoflife;thegrain,themiddayoflifeandtheworkingyears;thesettingsun,theeveningoflifeandthedeathoflife.FiguresofSpeech第3页共3页.......Followingareexamplesoffiguresofspeechinthepoem.(Fordefinitionsoffiguresofspeech,clickher
