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418 "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson

The History of Literature

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Death and Immortality

The poem is called "Because i could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me" The speaker was either too busy or unable to stop. There's so much go on in this poem, in these 20 words. We're the only ones in this carriage because, of course, the speaker got in.

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