Read the final stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."
Since then – ’tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
Which statement best describes the purpose of the horse-drawn carriage imagery in this stanza? A - The image reinforces the idea that the speaker is merely a passive passenger on the journey toward death.
B - The image illustrates the speaker’s view that horses are ghostly and intimidating animals that remind her of death.
C - The image illustrates that horses’ heads are symbolic of the speaker’s triumph over death’s grip.
D - The image reinforces the idea that the speaker’s journey toward death is unremarkable and ordinary.