Tuesday, January 26, 2010

"Because I Could Not Stop For Death" Figurative Language

Stanza 1, Line 1:
"Because I could not stop for Death" (EDickinson)
Anthropomorphism

Stanza 1, Line 4:
"And Immortality" (EDickinson)
Anthropomorphism

Stanza 4, Line 1:
"Or rather, he passed us" (EDickinson)
personification

Stanza 6, Line 2:
"And yet, feels shorter than the day" (EDickinson)
paradox

Stanza 5, Lines 1-2:
"We paused before a house which seemed/a swelling of the ground"
metaphor

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