English “The Chariot” by Emily Dickinson [1] Because I could not stop for Death,

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“The Chariot”
                                by Emily Dickinson

[1]     Because I could not stop for Death,
         He kindly stopped for me;
         The carriage held but just ourselves
         And Immortality.

[2]     We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
         And I had put away
         My labor, and my leisure too,
         For his civility.

[3]     We passed the school where children played,
         Their lessons scarcely done;
         We passed the fields of gazing grain,
         We passed the setting sun.

[4]     We paused before a house that seemed
         A swelling of the ground;
         The roof was scarcely visible,
         The cornice but a mound.

[5]     Since then 'tis centuries; but each
         Feels shorter than the day
         I first surmised the horses' heads
         Were toward eternity.


"The Chariot," Emily Dickinson, 1901

Which BEST explains how Dickinson's poem differs from traditional poems of the time?

A. It uses an irregular meter. B. It uses an extended metaphor. C. It uses an innovative stanza format. D. It uses an unconventional rhyme scheme.

Explanation / Answer

The correct answer is option A.

It is composed in six quatrains with the meter alternating between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. She always compose poetry altering meters.

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