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How do the first 2 lines of the poem frame the speakers tone and perspective towards death?

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The Poem Because I could not stop for Death is penned by Emily Dickinson and she is known for her poems.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The perspective towards death in the first two lines of the poem the poet says that she could not be prevented for the death and he kindly stayed for me.
  • The poet says that Death, in the figure of a nobleman admirer, stands to pick up the poet and get her on a journey in his horse vehicle.
  • The poet says that we passed the schooldays and now the kids are in the struggle to achieve something
  • . Then the poet adores the beauty of nature.
  • In the evening time, she wears a shawl for a coat. she was unprepared for the death date which has not been announced and then morning she dressed up nicely.

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