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How is death personified in Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for Death"?

as the grim reaper
as a kind and gentle carriage driver
as the narrator's father and caretaker
as the narrator's executioner

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B- as a kind and gentle carriage driver

Step-by-step explanation:

Death is personified in “Because I could not stop for Death” as a kindly gentleman who takes the speaker for one last ride in his carriage. Dickinson's personification of death is in complete contrast to how it is usually presented, as something scary.

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