Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle – We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground – Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity – This poem is talking about Emily’s journey with Death, using personification. From life to after-life. In the poem the Death is not frightening, intimidating, terrifying like most of the story describe as. Rather it is nothing but a gentle guide for Emily to her after-life, kind and polite. The Death ‘kindly’ stops her because Emily is too busy, and Emily shows no fear at all. In the whole poem Emily gives the calm feeling to me that she is not going through a journey to death, instead she’s on carriage going to a party. In the second stanza, Emily said she threw away all the things that made her so busy and put herself into the ride on this carriage, with Death. The third stanza, where Emily describes what she saw in the journey, reveals that she had a sad childhood? Because she mention the kids STROVE, in recess. Kids should be relaxing in recess but not strive. The fourth stanza suggest that the author is going through Death, in a clearer way, because the“ For only Gossamer, my Gown. My tippet-only tulle.” It shows she is cold and lonely. In the fifth stanza Emily saw her new house, which is buried deep down the earth. And the last stanza Emily said “since th