Emily Dickinson - Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Here’s a thought: what if Death came to us as a gentleman in a carriage? In this poem, Emily Dickinson takes us on a journey to ‘Eternity’, hosted by a very polite but mysterious gentleman. Join us as we analyse the poem, stanza by stanza, using easy explanations and fun visuals. But watch out - things get spooky after sunset!Language forms/features: persona, personification, ballad, quatrains, common metre, iambic tetrameter, iambic trimeter, enjambment, em dash, stanza, metaphysical conceit, foreshadowing, assonance, characterisation, symbolism, connotations, visual imagery, capitalisation, slant rhyme, paradox