Question

Read the quotation from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death." The Carriage held but just Ourselves –.And Immortality. What is the effect of the phrase “but just Ourselves” in the lines above? A. It gives the poem a humble tone. B. It conveys the personal nature of the speaker’s journey. C. It conveys a sense of sarcasm. D. It gives the speaker’s journey a feeling of loneliness.

Answer 1

It conveys the personal nature of the speaker's journey is the effect of the phrase “but just ourselves” in the lines above.

"Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890,

The correct answer between all the choices given is the second choice or letter B. I am hoping that this answer has satisfied your query and it will be able to help you in your endeavor, and if you would like, feel free to ask another question.

Answer 2

B. It conveys the personal nature of the speaker’s journey.

In the poem the speaker details a horse drawn carriage as death picking her up to take her away. She rides along looking out of the carriage at the scenery. The speaker of the poem does not sound angry or lonely. Her journey with death is one that is matter of fact and not resisted. This tone eliminates options C and D. Also, the purpose of the carriage ride is to demonstrate the journey into death. This helps support the answer as B, along with the phrases "but just Ourselves" as including only the speaker and Death.