Read the lines from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility –What is the purpose of the words “labor” and “leisure”?

The speaker says she has “put away” both her labor and her leisure, meaning she has set aside the activities that filled her life. In the poem, she is riding with Death and leaving her earthly life behind. Thus, “labor” and “leisure” are aspects of life that the speaker is leaving.

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