In the first two stanzas of "Because I could not stop for Death", figurative language and symbolism are used. ... The carriage can represent a symbol of death where the bodies are carried to their graves, and similarly the speaker of this poem is being transported to her resting place. ... In the stanzas three and four a lot of symbolism was founded too. ... They pass the school at first where the children "strove" having fun at recess. ... This poem also details on the day she dies, and all the things she gets to look back before she dies. ...

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These things present decaying, of both humans and of nature. ... Line 8 draws reference to the symbolism of flowers being gathered to be placed on top of the coffin, "bier-. ... The "sheaves- and carried away on a bier (cart), which can also be interpreted as being a coffin. ... Carrying "summer's green- away on a bier is like carrying it to its grave because its life has been cut . ... But he brings up a touch of hope when he says, "And die as fast as they see others grow." ...

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New discoveries and new jobs made people get caught up in their hectic lives for the one goal of earning money, that they did not see the beauty of nature. ... "To stop without a farmhouse near" This can be represented through Robert Frost's desperation to dissociate from human existence, which can be linked to his personal context in which one after another of his family carry misfortune. ... This quote seems that the poet has in the end reassured himself that although of his family's misfortune, he"ll still carry on with his life. ... Choices being to stay or go and life and deat...

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Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ... As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall t...

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