Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson (Summary, Rhyme Scheme, Ton etc)
.jpg)
English Poem
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
Summary:
The poem
based on death and the after-life experience of the speaker of the poem.The
poem begins abruptly.As we read the poem, we see that the speaker of the poem,
a female figure who was wearing her fancy dress(gown).The poet personified
Death and stopped to pick her up and take her on a ride in his horse drawn
carriage. Although she was not prepared for this ride.The speaker feels easy
and comfortable with the gentleman(death and immortality). As they passed
through the town, she sees the children were playing (means childhood days),
fields of grain (means maturity) and the setting sun (means death).As dusk sets
in the speaker begins to feel chilly because she is only wearing a thin
silk.They stopped at a house like ‘A Swelling of the ground’ which will be her
grave. In the final stanza, the speaker suddenly informs that this ride with
Death took place a centurics ago.Yet she feels that this event took place
yesterday when she first got the feeling that horse heads pointed towards ‘Eternity’.
Thus the journey suggests the passage from life to death-to an eternal life.
āĻŦাংāĻ˛া āĻ¸াāĻŽাāĻ°ি:
āĻāĻŦিāĻ¤াāĻিāĻ° āĻŦāĻ্āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ু āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤ী āĻীāĻŦāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻিāĻ¤্āĻ¤ি āĻāĻ°ে āĻāĻŦিāĻ¤াāĻি। āĻāĻŦিāĻ¤াāĻি āĻšāĻ াā§ āĻāĻ°েāĻ āĻļুāĻ°ু āĻšāĻ¯়। āĻāĻŦিāĻ¤াāĻি āĻĒāĻĄ়াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯় āĻāĻŽāĻ°া āĻĻেāĻāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ āĻ¯ে āĻāĻŦিāĻ¤াāĻিāĻ° āĻŦāĻ্āĻ¤া, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšিāĻ˛া āĻিāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ¯িāĻ¨ি āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ āĻিāĻ¨āĻŦ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ (āĻাāĻāĻ¨) āĻĒāĻ°েāĻিāĻ˛েāĻ¨। .āĻāĻŦি āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ুāĻে āĻŽূāĻ°্āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛েāĻিāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤াāĻে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻোāĻĄ়াāĻ° āĻাāĻĄ়িāĻ¤ে āĻāĻĄ়ে āĻ¨িāĻ¯়ে āĻ¯াāĻāĻ¯়াāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻĨাāĻŽāĻ˛েāĻ¨। āĻ¯āĻĻিāĻ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻāĻ āĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻ°াāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¸্āĻ¤ুāĻ¤ āĻিāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া। āĻ¸্āĻĒিāĻাāĻ° āĻāĻĻ্āĻ°āĻ˛োāĻেāĻ° (āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ু āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻŽāĻ°āĻ¤্āĻŦ) āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸āĻšāĻ āĻāĻŦং āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻ্āĻāĻ¨্āĻĻ্āĻ¯ āĻŦোāĻ§ āĻāĻ°েāĻ¨। āĻļāĻšāĻ°েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ āĻĻিāĻ¯়ে āĻ¯াāĻāĻ¯়াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯়, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻĻেāĻেāĻ¨ āĻļিāĻļুāĻ°া āĻেāĻ˛āĻে (āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻļৈāĻļāĻŦেāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ¨), āĻļāĻ¸্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻ্āĻˇেāĻ¤ (āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻĒāĻ°িāĻĒāĻ্āĻāĻ¤া) āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻাāĻŽী āĻ¸ূāĻ°্āĻ¯ (āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ু)। āĻ¸্āĻĒীāĻাāĻ°ে āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ§্āĻ¯া āĻ¨াāĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻ˛াāĻāĻ¤ে āĻļুāĻ°ু āĻāĻ°ে āĻাāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸ে āĻেāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°েāĻে। āĻāĻāĻি āĻĒাāĻ¤āĻ˛া āĻ°েāĻļāĻŽ। āĻ¤াāĻ°া 'āĻূāĻŽিāĻ° āĻĢুāĻ˛ে'-āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻāĻāĻি āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāĻ¤ে āĻĨাāĻŽāĻ˛ āĻ¯া āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ° āĻšāĻŦে। āĻļেāĻˇ āĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻŦāĻāĻিāĻ¤ে, āĻŦāĻ্āĻ¤া āĻšāĻ াā§ āĻāĻ°ে āĻাāĻ¨াāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ুāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻāĻ āĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻ°াāĻি āĻāĻ āĻļāĻ¤াāĻŦ্āĻĻী āĻāĻে āĻāĻেāĻিāĻ˛৷ āĻ¤āĻŦুāĻ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨াāĻি āĻāĻ¤āĻাāĻ˛ āĻāĻেāĻিāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°েāĻিāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻোāĻĄ়াāĻ° āĻŽাāĻĨাāĻুāĻ˛ি 'āĻāĻ¨্āĻাāĻ°āĻ¨িāĻি'-āĻāĻ° āĻĻিāĻে āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻāĻ°ে। āĻāĻāĻাāĻŦে āĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻ°া āĻীāĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ু-āĻ āĻ¨āĻ¨্āĻ¤ āĻীāĻŦāĻ¨ে āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖেāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°াāĻŽāĻ°্āĻļ āĻĻেāĻ¯়।
Rhyme
Scheme:
Rhyme
scheme is the ordered pattern of rhymes
at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
The rhyme scheme of the poem is abcb.
The
general rhyming pattern of each stanza is abcb. In the fist stanza, the first
line and third line end with “Death’ and. “Ourselves” respectively. These words
do not rhyme. The last word of the second line, “me” rhymes with the last word
of the fourth line, “Immortality”. However, the later stanzas are not perfectly
rhymed because there are variations. She uses “half rhyme’ or “slant rhyme’ as
in the third stanza in which “Ring” does not rhyme with “Sun”.Its quatrains are
similar to that of a hymn. Its Iyrical quality is also like that of a hymn.
It
doesn’t follow the proper rhyme of abcb.There are some variations in it.
Tone:
Tone is a
musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
The poem
opens in an happy tone as if the speaker is speaking about her first journey.
The first line opens in a tone of explanation Because I could not stop for
Death’. The speaker of the poem accepts death
commonly.The speaker’s tone in the poem makes the reader believe the
speaker does not fear death, but feels the opposite towards it. If the poem did
not look for death with an underlying theme of love, the acceptance of death
might be hard for the reader to believe. The last stanza of the poem becomes
nostalgic as the speaker recalls her century-old experience of dying.
Structure:
The poem
is a hymn.A hymn is a lyric poem that is addressed to God.The poem consists of
six stanzas and each stanza has 4 lines.The poet used iambic pentameter lines
through her poem.The general rhyme scheme of the poem is abcb.But it doesn’t
follow the rhyme scheme. The post uses here half rhyme. The poet here praises
Death as an immortal being.Its lyrical quality makes it a perfect hymn.
Theme is
the central idea in a piece of writing. The whole body explains the theme.
The
central theme of the poem is the journey of line through life to eternity.
The poem
deals with the death and the after life experience of the speaker. At first the
poet describes the journey of a woman
who is picked up by Death on his carriage and moves towards eternity. Here the
Death has been personified who stopped his carriage and picked up the woman to
journey to the next world. The woman was not prepared to go with death because
she was busy with her daily works. But the Death stopped himself and picked her
up on his carriage. They moved slowly and passed the school where children were
playing that means childhood experiences.They also passed the fields where
there were grains gazing that means maturity of the speaker.and lastly they saw
the setting sun that means death. They stopped at a house that looked like a
swelling ground and the roof of the house was not visible. In the last stanza,
the woman realizes that their journey began hundreds and hundreds of years.The
poem reveals that every living being is always busy with worldly works, and so
he has not time to wait for death. But it towards eternity.
Authors
Position:
When an
author writes to persuade,he/she will have his/her own position on the
subject.The author’s position is an author’s opinion about the subject.It may
be subjective or objective.
Subjective
means where the writer can use his/her own feelings,emotion, and own choice.
Objective
means where writer cann’t use his/her own feelings,emotions and own choice.
The poem
is a subjective one.Here,the poet directly describes her own experience. She
describes the journey life to eternity.Her companions are death and
journey.They takes the poet to her grave.So all the elements are her personal
experience. So its a subjective poem.
Figures
of Speech :
Figures
of Speech means use of ornamental elements into a piece of writing.
Alliteration:- Alliteration is the
repetition of consonant sound.
*”The
Dews drew quivering and chill”.
Here “D”
is repeated so its an example of alliteration.
Personification:-
It is a figure of speech in which the writer puts
imaginary life into a life being or thing.
*”Death”,
“Immortality”, “ Setting Sun” those all are personified by the poet.
Metonymy:-
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one thing is
related with another thing.
*”My
labour and my leisure”.
Here poet’s
whole life is related with “labour” and “leisure”.
Symbolism:-
Symbolism refers to a thing that is stands for
something else.It is basically an image which,by virtue of recurrent uses.
*Here, “
School” symbolizes the speaker’s childhood days.
“Gazing
grain” here “gazing grain” means mature age of the poet.
*”setting
sun” here “setting sun” symbolises death.
So the
poet uses some figures of speech to attract readers attitude.
āĻĢিāĻাāĻ° āĻ āĻĢ āĻ¸্āĻĒিāĻ āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻ˛েāĻাāĻ° āĻāĻāĻি āĻ ংāĻļে āĻļোāĻাāĻŽāĻ¯় āĻāĻĒাāĻĻাāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ°।
*"āĻļিāĻļিāĻ°āĻুāĻ˛ো āĻাঁāĻĒāĻ¤ে āĻাঁāĻĒāĻ¤ে āĻ āĻ াāĻ¨্āĻĄা āĻšāĻ¯়ে āĻেāĻ˛"।
āĻāĻাāĻ¨ে "D" āĻĒুāĻ¨āĻ°াāĻŦৃāĻ¤্āĻ¤ি āĻāĻ°া āĻšāĻ¯়েāĻে āĻ¤াāĻ āĻāĻি āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻĒ্āĻ°েāĻ°āĻŖেāĻ° āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻĻাāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ।
*"āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ু", "āĻ āĻŽāĻ°āĻ¤্āĻŦ", "āĻ āĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻŽিāĻ¤ āĻ¸ূāĻ°্āĻ¯" āĻ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦিāĻ° āĻŽূāĻ°্āĻ¤ āĻ°ূāĻĒ।
*"āĻāĻŽাāĻ° āĻļ্āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻŽাāĻ° āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ°"।
āĻāĻাāĻ¨ে āĻāĻŦিāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ্āĻ° āĻীāĻŦāĻ¨ “āĻļ্āĻ°āĻŽ” āĻāĻŦং “āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ°” āĻāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻāĻĄ়িāĻ¤।
*āĻāĻাāĻ¨ে, "āĻ¸্āĻুāĻ˛" āĻŦāĻ্āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻļৈāĻļāĻŦেāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ¨āĻুāĻ˛িāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤ীāĻ।
āĻāĻাāĻ¨ে "āĻোāĻে āĻĻাāĻ¨া" āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻāĻŦিāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ¯়āĻ¸।
*"āĻ āĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻŽিāĻ¤ āĻ¸ূāĻ°্āĻ¯" āĻāĻাāĻ¨ে "āĻ āĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻŽিāĻ¤ āĻ¸ূāĻ°্āĻ¯" āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ুāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤ীāĻ।
āĻ¤াāĻ āĻāĻŦি āĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻাāĻŦ āĻāĻৃāĻˇ্āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻŦāĻ্āĻ¤ৃāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻিāĻু āĻĒāĻ°িāĻ¸ংāĻ্āĻ¯াāĻ¨ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻāĻ°েāĻ¨।