American Literature / Unit 10 AML 0918 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Because I could not stop for Death"
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The idea
Death arrives as a civil suitor in a carriage, and the speaker, who could not stop for him, puts away her labour and her leisure and rides past a school, a field of grain and a setting sun to a house that is a swelling in the ground.
In practice
A courteous driver, and a grave.
Where people slip
The politeness is what makes it frightening.
Your place on the trail
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