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Read these lines from Emily Dickinson's "712" ("Because I could not stop for Death"): We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility –


What is one purpose of the personification in this excerpt?


A. It links two unlike concepts: death and leisure.

B. It expresses a feeling of satisfaction on a life well lived.

C. It presents death as having a sense of patient acceptance.

D. It makes the carriage seem like a friend to the speaker.