Question

Read the third stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Why does Dickinson most likely repeat the word “passed” three times in this stanza?
The words convey a sense of steady motion.
The words indicate the speaker’s loneliness.
The words indicate that the carriage is moving quickly.
The words show that the speaker is undergoing inner growth.

Answer 1

Answer: The words convey a sense of steady motion.

Explanation:"Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. Dickinson's work was never authorized to be published, so it is unknown whether "Because I could not stop for Death" was completed or "abandoned". The speaker of Dickinson's poem meets personified Death. Death is a gentleman who is riding in the horse carriage that picks up the speaker in the poem and takes the speaker