because i couldn't stop to death
Enderson Velasquez
ENC 1102
Prof. Layfield
Compare and Contrast essay.
The biggest fear of a human being is death. Almost everybody is afraid of death; however, people have different views on their perceptions of death or the idea of dying. The poems “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas, and “Because I Couldn’t Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson have a main theme in common which is death. However Dickinson presents the idea of the acceptance of death, and Thomas presents the idea of fighting against death. Even though the perception of death is different for each writer, both use similar figurative language techniques, including metaphors, personification, alliteration, assonance, and others to form their views death.
“Because I Could Not Stop for Death” presents the attitude of the speaker about her own death and what she perceives her actual death will be like. The poem has two major themes which are mortality and immortality. She says in line 5: “We slowly drove – he knew no haste” this reminds the reader that death is in control. Death is the driver, and it is not always quick. The poem shows the reader the dying process. Immortality is another major theme in the poem. The poem portrays the memory of the speaker’s death day, which is told a very long time in the afterlife: “Since then- ‘tis centuries-” (line 21). The speaker is talking from someplace that is not the earth. This line proves that she is immortal, and she is telling the poem centuries later, which gives the reader the sense that she will live forever in that place from where she is talking. The speaker also uses the word immortality when she says “The carriage held but just ourselves- and immortality” (lines 3-4). These lines expresses how comfortable the speaker is talking about death. It also implies that death is the beginning of immortality. On the other hand, the theme in the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” laments the inevitability of death. The
ENC 1102
Prof. Layfield
Compare and Contrast essay.
The biggest fear of a human being is death. Almost everybody is afraid of death; however, people have different views on their perceptions of death or the idea of dying. The poems “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas, and “Because I Couldn’t Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson have a main theme in common which is death. However Dickinson presents the idea of the acceptance of death, and Thomas presents the idea of fighting against death. Even though the perception of death is different for each writer, both use similar figurative language techniques, including metaphors, personification, alliteration, assonance, and others to form their views death.
“Because I Could Not Stop for Death” presents the attitude of the speaker about her own death and what she perceives her actual death will be like. The poem has two major themes which are mortality and immortality. She says in line 5: “We slowly drove – he knew no haste” this reminds the reader that death is in control. Death is the driver, and it is not always quick. The poem shows the reader the dying process. Immortality is another major theme in the poem. The poem portrays the memory of the speaker’s death day, which is told a very long time in the afterlife: “Since then- ‘tis centuries-” (line 21). The speaker is talking from someplace that is not the earth. This line proves that she is immortal, and she is telling the poem centuries later, which gives the reader the sense that she will live forever in that place from where she is talking. The speaker also uses the word immortality when she says “The carriage held but just ourselves- and immortality” (lines 3-4). These lines expresses how comfortable the speaker is talking about death. It also implies that death is the beginning of immortality. On the other hand, the theme in the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” laments the inevitability of death. The