Because-I-could-not-stop-for-Death.ppt

BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath EmilyDickinson DistinctiveWritingStyles Theme Form Content FigurativeSpeech 1 2 3 4 5 Structure 6stanzas eachstanzacontainsaquatrain 4lines StanzaFormat Meter Rhyme Form Hymn likeMeter SlantRhyme 1th 2nd 3rdstanzas 5th 6thstanzas 1st 3rdlines 8syllables 2nd 4thlines 6syllables 1st 3rdlines 8syllables 2nd 4thlines 6syllables 4thstanza change IambicTetrameterIambicTrimeter Hymn likemeter SlantRhyme chill Tulle Dickinsondescribes Death asagentlemandrivingacarriage whoisendowedwithfavorablehumanattributesofbeingkind And Immortality isalsoapassengerinthecarriage Thecarriagetrundlesalongataprettyrelaxedpace BeingcontentwithDeath spoliteness charm thewomanisdistractedfromherworkandfeltcompletelyateasewiththegentleman Dickinsonispaintingasceneofwhattheyareridingby theSchool theFieldsofGazingGrains theSettingSun whichrespectivelysymbolizesherearlylife themiddlestageoflife thefinalstageoflife Withthesungoingdown thedewissettingin Notwarmlywearing sheisgettingchilly Sheisrestatingthatthephasesofherlifehavepassedherby DickinsondescribesgraveasaHouse Suchdescriptionindicatesthatthepoetisquitecomfortableorateasewiththelocation Thoughcenturieshavepassed thepoetstillfeelsitjusthappenedyesterday WithreferenceoftheHorse sHeads wereaderswillberemindedofthevisionmentionedinthe1ststanza Content FigurativeSpeech Personification Hekindlystoppedforme Heslowlydrove HeknewnohasteForHisCivility Death Immortality agentlemanwithfavorablecharacteristics kind polite Deathisathingnottobeafraidofbuttoembrace TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves AndImmortality athirdpassengerinthecarriage DeathinbodywalksalongwithImmortalityinmind Death nottheend butasasteponthewaytoeternallife Alliteration labor leisure Recess Ring Gazing Grain Setting Sun Dews drew Gossamer Gown Tippet Tulle Horse Head WepassedtheSchool whereChildrenstroveAtRecess intheRing WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain WepassedtheSettingSun depictacontinuityofscenes therebyemphasizingthenotionofnever endingness Metaphor worksasaprocesstoreviewdyingmemories displaysalifelongjourneyonewouldexperience impliesthepassageofbirth growth maturity death thecarriageride thecycleoflife lifeisajourney theChildren youngagestheGazingGrain productiveyearsofone slifetheSettingSun theendoftheday theendoflife aHouse agrave impliesthatthepoetfeelscomfortableabouttheDeath Anaphora thespeakerispassingthrougheverythingthatshehasalreadylivedthrough givingthereadersasenseoflifegoingby WepassedtheSchool whereChildrenstroveAtRecess intheRing WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain WepassedtheSettingSun worktomimictheslowprogressionofthecarriage Wereaderscanalmostheartheechoclompingofthehorse thusfeelingpartofthejourneyinsteadofjustbeingoutsideobservers Imagism IfirstsurmisedtheHorse sHeadsWeretowardEternity thelastimagebeforeherdeath remindthereadersofthecarriagementionedatthestartofthepoem Itseemstoturnbackthetimetothebeginning lifeisarecyclingprocess deathisthebeginningofanotherjourneyoflife thecarriageride theSchool theFieldsofGazingGrains theSettingSun aSwellingoftheGround etc death deathisnothingtobefearedsinceitisanaturalpartoftheendlesscycleofnature deathisonlythebeginning becausetodieistogoonanotherjourney Althoughdeathtakesoneawayfromtheearthlyworld thereisstillsomethingtolookforwardtowhenonedies Eternallife Immortality deathmeanseternity Theme DistinctiveWritingStyles IrregularStanzaRhyme FlexibleUseofLexicons FaultyGrammar UnusualCapitalization UnorthodoxUseofPunctuation IrregularStanzaRhyme 1th 2nd 3rdstanzas 5th 6thstanzas 1st 3rdlines 8syllables 2nd 4thlines 6syllables 1st 3rdlines 8syllables 2nd 4thlines 6syllables Poet sfeelingtowardsDeathchanges themoodofthepoemchanges 4thstanza change Hymn likemeter SlantRhyme FlexibleUseofLexicons simple plainwords moresolemn seriouswords labor leisure School Grain Sun Immortality Civility Eternity describetheworldofliving describeDeath Immortality Immortality Eternity 1ststanza lastline laststanza lastline ThearrivalofDeathisnotunpleasant DeathmeansEternity FaultyGrammar omitthepredicate FormyGown wasonlyGossamer myTippet wasonlyTulle changetheorderofthePredicativeandSubject implythearrivaloftheDeathmakestheatmospherechillyandcold WiththecomingoftheDeath fearanduneasebefallthepoet thepoet stemporalexistencemergeswiththespiritualuniverse UnusualCapitalization CapitalizedWords Death He We Us Ourselves Immortality HisCivility SettingSun Eternity etc concerningaboutthetheme Death Immortality Theywillcertainlystandout slowthereadersdownalittle makinguspausetoconsiderthewordratherthanbreezingthroughthepoem UnothordoxUseofPunctuation 20dashes insteadofacommaorap