What personification does best is that it connects a reader with the object that is being described. Instinctively we humanize inanimate objects in order to make them more relatable. Personification also helps to boost emotion and can make plain sentences more interesting when used effectively. In Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” death is treated like a person taking on the characteristics of a carriage driver. The first stanza reads “Because I could not stop for death- He kindly stopped for me- The carriage held but just ourselves- And Immortality” Dickinson portrays death as a gentleman, very polite and courteous. They stroll pass a school, the fields of grain, and the setting sun ultimately leading to her grave. Dickinson’s use of personification exposes her thoughts about death and her comfort ability with
What personification does best is that it connects a reader with the object that is being described. Instinctively we humanize inanimate objects in order to make them more relatable. Personification also helps to boost emotion and can make plain sentences more interesting when used effectively. In Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” death is treated like a person taking on the characteristics of a carriage driver. The first stanza reads “Because I could not stop for death- He kindly stopped for me- The carriage held but just ourselves- And Immortality” Dickinson portrays death as a gentleman, very polite and courteous. They stroll pass a school, the fields of grain, and the setting sun ultimately leading to her grave. Dickinson’s use of personification exposes her thoughts about death and her comfort ability with