Compare And Contrast Because I Could Not Stop For Heart By Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is a well know author of poetry that is known for her ability to pull the readers in and create a world within her poetry. In the poem “Because I could not stop for death” she is able to create a clear and crisp image for the audience that makes it very clear what is going on. Even after only one read through it can be easy to pick up on over 50% of her imagery and metaphors, which is not always the easiest to do with poetry since the writers are usually limited to smaller amounts of dialogue for the audience to infer from. This is also abundantly clear after reading another poem of hers called “Success is counted Sweetest”, where she creates the clear image of a solider who was wounded in battle that his side ultimately won.

The differences between “Because I could not stop for Death” and “Success is Counted Sweetest” go to show that she is no exception to this reality. For one there are obvious differences such as the length of the poems. Even though both poems are relatively short, the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” is about twice as long, in terms of stanzas, when compared to “Success is Counted Sweetest”. But there are also some differences when you look a little deeper. One main difference is Emily Dickinson 's use of literary tools, such as personification and metaphors. In the Poem “Because I could not stop for Death” she uses both personification and metaphors to get her message across, while in her other poem “Success is Counted Sweetest” she is able to get her message across very clearly without having to use any personification or metaphors almost at all. She is able to be very clear and direct and still have deeper, underlying message just like her other poem “Because I could not stop for Death”. Although Emily Dickinson uses some significantly methods between her two poems, there are still some underlying themes and messages that they both seem to have in