Emily Dickinson Personification

The amazing poem entitled, Because I could not stop for Death, was written by a 19th century poet, Emily Dickinson. It was considered as one of her famous masterpieces of American poetry. This lyrical poem was published in 1890; as a quatrain consisting of six stanzas. Dickinson paints a portrait of death which is neither brutal nor fearful, but instead it is a calm way to an individual’s inevitable end. Dickinson’s usage of crisp imagery and multiple layers of personification convey the message as; do not be afraid of death.
To begin with, the poet uses personification to send her readers the message. It is giving human characteristics to non-human things. “Because I could not stop for death; He kindly stopped for me” (1, 2). In this line,

It represents objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. “We paused before a House that seemed; A Swelling of the Ground” (17-18). The words that are used to describe the house aren’t welcoming enough for an individual to enter into it. A house is a place where a person can inhabit, however in the context; it is located below the surface of the Earth. The swelling of the ground can be clearly sensed through sight, and smell. An individual can be able to see all the openings in the ground and also can smell the freshly dug out soil from the ground below. This line states that the speaker is going to her burial spot also considered as a gravesite. “The Roof was scarcely visible” (19), this clearly explains that the grave which was also considered as a house, has now been covered with soil while the speaker is in her grave. This pit can be sensed through an individual’s touch and sight. We can identify that while the speaker is buried beneath the surface of the Earth, the little insects and worms might be crawling on her skin. While she is buried in there, she could still see a small amount of light through the small holes of the