Emily Dickinson's Death Poems

Emily Dickinson's Death Poems

This paper highlights the theme of death in Emily Dickson's two of the poems. The poems selected for this paper are: “Because I could not stop for Death” and “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died”.

Because I could not stop for Death

In any event, Dickinson considers Death and Immortality fellow travelers. This interaction with Death shows the complete trust that the speaker had placed in her wooer. It is not until the end of the poem, from the perspective of Eternity that one is able to see behind the semblance of Death. Far from ...