masterpiece that exercises thought between the known and the

unknown. In Dickinson's poem, "Because I could not stop for Death,"

there is much impression in the tone, in symbols, and in the use of

One might agree to an eerie, haunting, if not frightening, tone

in Dickinson's poem. Dickinson uses controlling adjectives-"slowly"

and "passed"-to create a tone that seems rather calm. For example,

"We slowly drove-He knew no haste / ...We passed the School ... / We

passed the Setting Sun-," sets a slow, quiet, calm, and dreamy

atmosphere. The tone in Dickinson's poem will put its readers' ideas

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Approximate Word count = 478
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)