Emily Dickinson -- "Because I Essay

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And so in just a few lines the poet has taken the reader from her childhood, to the autumn of her years, and on to eternity.

The sun was setting and first she says she was passing by the sun but then, changes her tune and admits the sun is passing by the carriage. How could the sun pass by a carriage that is moving towards heaven? "Or rather, he passed us"; by personifying the sun this way the poet makes it seem like the carriage is moving very slowly.

When the sun sets she feels a chill because she is dressed only in a gossamer gown, but why is she in the thin gown? Earlier the reader had the impression that she was fully prepared for death and that it was seemingly comfortable for her. When she writes that "He knew no haste, and I had put away My labor, and my leisure too…" it would appear that dying was a fairly smooth process which would have given the poet time to think out what she would need.

But now she is quivering and chilly from the wetness of the dew. This could be the poet's way of saying that there were surprises at the time of death.

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It was cold and she wasn't prepared for it. One is never prepared for death -- that might be the implication and suggestion here. Since she first noticed that the horses' heads "were toward eternity" the time has passed "shorter every day." She wasn't prepared for that either it seems.

The way Dickenson has structured this poem does not make me more or less fearful of death, but it does make me respectful of the poet's ability to create many poignant images with the use of just a very few words. The gift of a poet to the community of readers is only given if the readers enjoy the poem and attempt to understand it......

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