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“Because I Could Not Stop for Death”
by Emily Dickinson, page 70
Vocabulary
syntax – sentence construction; word order
recluse – one who shuns society; one who remains at home
cornice – uppermost molding
surmised – guessed; began to understand
1. In the way she writes of death in this poem, is Dickinson using simile or personification?
Explain your answer.
2. How does Dickinson characterize “Death”? Why do you think it is presented in this way?
3. What is the “house that seemed/A swelling of the ground”?
4. Rewrite the poem’s last stanza in simple prose.
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