1. Analyze. Dickinson uses dashes freely in her poems. How do the dashes affect the way you read the poem? How do they help clarify the meaning of words or phrases

2. Analyze. Sometimes understanding a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant. Think about the kindly and courtly behavior of Death in “Because I could not stop for Death.” How is Death’s character

7. Analyze. In “The Soul selects her own Society.”the poet uses the term soul refer to an individual. Why does she use this term? What themes does this poem and “Because I could not stop for Death “reflect?

8. Identify Patterns. In “Because I could not stop for Death,” what metaphors does Dickinson use to express her ideas and views about death?

1. Dickinson uses dashes to fragment language and to cause unre-lated words to rush together. They help clarify by bringingwords together and enabling you to use context clues

2. The story’s name is “ Because I couldn't stop for death” but it says that she pauses at a house.

7. She uses the term soul because she excluded herself from society. In a way, the theme was busy, because in the poem “because I could not stop for death”, takes the time to do what she cannot and stops for her.

8. with respect to the carriage”, the carriage driven by death is not literally a carriage but rather a metaphor for life's journey that ends in death and of passing of life.