She did not receive any recognition during her time because her poems were published in 1890, after her death. During her time in Amherst Academy she was interested in the entire curriculum that the school has to offer. Emily went several times to hear Edward Hitchcock speak about the relationship bonds between the world and God. She grew in to great depression, when her parents died. Emily would stay in her home and wear white clothing, which symbolizes innocence and purity. She died at the age of fifty-six in Amherst, Massachusetts. Even though she was not recognized at all, she is now one of America’s greatest poets.
The speaker, a woman who is already dead, tells her time with Death. Each stanza represents time of the day. Stanza one reveals a woman is in a carriage with Death and Immortality. Emily describes Death as a gentlemen waiting for a girl on a date. In the second stanza, it reveals that the woman is giving up her life into preparation for Death. Stanza four expresses how underdress the woman is when she is with Death. The diction is light and informal. The meter alternates from four beats to three