Which statement best describes the purpose of the horse-drawn carriage imagery in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."

The carriage ride is the speaker’s journey with Death, and it passes familiar scenes from life before arriving at the grave. By presenting death as a calm carriage ride through ordinary stages of life, the imagery suggests that death is a natural part of life’s journey. The poem does not portray the horses as frightening or as symbols of triumph.

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