Because I could not wait for death

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There are several themes running through the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”. The main themes focused on are mortality, immortality, spirituality, and love. The first theme noticed in this poem is mortality. The poem shows the narrator’s attitude toward her death, and what the actual day of her death was like. The narrator paints a picture of the day that does not seem too far from the ordinary. The narrator does not seem to be scared of death, but rather appears to accept it.
Death is introduced right away in line 1. The narrator reminds us that our time of death is not something we choose, but rather something that is determined by forces outside our control. This begins the attitude of “why worry about things I cannot change?” found in the rest of the poem. There is no resistance to death, nor any fear. In line 5, we are reminded that death is in control. He is in the driver’s seat. We are also reminded that death is not necessarily a quick process. The poem shows the dying process, and according to narrator, her life crawled away slowly. The pace seems to reflect the ...

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