Because i could not stop for death – he kindly stopped for me – which of these poetic devices does she use here?

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Vrashabh Irde · Answer 1 · 2018-09-24T01:20:59+0000

Answer: Personification

Step-by-step explanation: This excerpt from the poem "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson, the author uses personification - a literary device that applies human traits or characteristics to something that is not human. She applied human characteristics to Death as a way of a metaphor.

Because i could not stop for death – he kindly stopped for me – which of these poetic devices does she use here?

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