AP Prompt Question

Read and analyze the following poem carefully. Emily Dickinson uses the topic of death for her poem. Analyze how poetic devices conveys the author's attitude towards death.



                                          Because I Could Not Stop For Death


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 grew 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 but a mound.
Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

                             -Emily Dickinson

Dear Mrs. Havisham

                 Mrs. Havisham, our lives as human beings is made up of several events that make us who we are. In your case, the moment of your intended's betrayal guides all of your actions. Never moving  on from that moment and being frozen in time seems to be what you chose for yourself. But really, stopping your life and becoming an old shrew because f one man? A man who left you at the alter and swindled money from you? Although love is an important aspect of life, loving others and being loved, agonizing over a criminal is rather sad. And, as a woman, I have to say that your conduct is detestable. As the saying goes: there are plenty of fish in the sea. One heartbreak and humiliation shouldn't disrupt your whole life. You need to get over it. And see what a mess your causing in everyone's lives. Young Pip who loves your Estella and yet you encourage her to break his heart. And Estella may seriously need some sort of therapy due to your influence. She is cold and manipulative. She may never fully love anyone because of you.You have effectively  distorted a young girl for your own purposes. Your life is a selfish self centered disease that affects everyone it comes in contact to and am disturbed by a woman like you.