An action that affects the significance of the meaning of the poem is the house that Dickinson describes in these lines:
"We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground – "
From these lines, we learn that the carriage that was taking her with death and immortality stops in front of a house. The house is underground, and from above the speaker can see nothing more than a mound in the ground. This is meant to symbolize a grave, and it becomes the resting place of the author. However, the discovery of the grave does not eliminate the concept of immortality, which is also riding on the carriage. We see that the speaker in the poem, despite being placed in a grave, is still aware of time, and is still waiting for the moment of salvation and resurrection.