Emily Dickenson And The Theme Of Death

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diction in this passage creates an eerie atmosphere all by itself.
The effect of this passage is reminiscent of the famous macabre monologue at
the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Dickenson also excellently portrays the
restlessness of the mourners in this following passage:

"The Feet, mechanical, go round--
Of Ground, or Air, or Ought--"

Describing the feet as "mechanical" shows the agitation and displacement of the
mourners. Also, in the next line, "Ought" most closely means "Emptiness."
Dickenson artistically shows us how the mourners are dealing with their loss in
this next passage:

"A Wooden way
Regardless grown,
A Quartz contentment, like a stone--"

To deal with their loss, the mourners have separated themselves from the rest of
the world. Their reaction to this catastrophe has become one of denial, causing
each to develop "A...contentment, like a stone--."

"Because I could not stop for death--," another famous Emily Dickenson
poem, renders a highly ...

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