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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 1 • (J. Blaum) 0231 10th Grade English 1st 9 Weeks 26-27

What are the three similarities between “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church”?

Answer
A
Each personifies death.
B
Each ends the second and fourth lines with a rhyme.
C
Each capitalizes words that ordinarily would not be capitalized.
D
Each uses images of birds.
E
Each presents a nontraditional perspective about a common topic.

Explanation

Both poems use rhyme, including rhymes or near-rhymes at the ends of the second and fourth lines of their stanzas. Both also capitalize words that would not normally be capitalized, a feature of Dickinson’s style. Finally, each offers an unconventional perspective on a familiar subject: one treats death as a courteous companion, while the other describes keeping the Sabbath at home rather than going to church.

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