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Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Question 2 • (OC27) ENG 4-1001400-S2-VRobinson-VOL7006P

What is similar about the subjects of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?

Answer
A
Both poems personalize a broad concept, such as spirituality or mortality.
B
Both poems address mortality, specifically that of human beings.
C
Both poems concern religion on a basic and fundamental level.
D
Both poems advocate being fearful of one’s mortality.

Explanation

Both poems give human qualities to an abstract idea. In “Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church,” Dickinson presents religious devotion and the Sabbath through personal, everyday images; in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” she portrays Death as a courteous person who takes the speaker on a carriage ride. The poems therefore both personalize a broad concept, though one centers on spirituality and the other on mortality.

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