Death Summary Quickwrite

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 a very sad one. For the first stanza, the author is talking about how she doesn’t want to die, but the death god will come no matter what. She is talking about an important thing that people have always wanted to be immortality. The speaker is being sarcastic when she said, “For his civility” which means how nice the person was. The third stanza is about what places they passed when they were driving. She used simile when comparing a house to a swelling if the ground. The author is using exaggeration when she said that centuries felt shorter than the day. The main idea of this poem is that people always want to be living forever, but the truth is that no one can live forever no matter how hard you try.