yI first surmised the horses headswere toward eternity.In this poem it is clear to us Emilys feelings on death. This poem is about a lifelong journey that the dying person embarks upon. The first stanza begins by saying that a person cannot stop living and wait for death; however death will eventually come upon us. It will come no matter what and we cannot stop living and wait for it to arrive.The second stanza says that she went on this journey with death. They drove around together and they looked on the events of her life and what she has done with it and where she has gone.Next they visited the school house, possibly where Emily attended and looked at the school yard where the children played at recess. They passed the fields of gazing grain and watched the sun set down. Here Emily is going through times in her life, and things she has done. She is showing us that death is upon everyone and it is not as scary as one would think. The next stanza speaks of a chill she felt when she thought of death. She like everyone, felt a chill when she thought too much about dying and death; however she knows that it is not a bad thing. Next Emily thought of the house she had seen. Perhaps the house is a grave with a tomb stone , and Emily is standing upon it. She gives a clear description of the house (grave) and tells us just how she saw it.The final stanza Emily shows us the time frame she speaks of. It feels like forever since that house was as young as she was. However, she concludes that when death is eminent it is when we finally reach eternity.The poem is just one example of the fact that Emily Dickinsons works focused on themes of death and her experience with it. Obviously many of the works of Emily Dickinson can be traced to deaths that she encountered in life. These had to be a major reason for her writings to have concerned death so much. However, it is also apparent to me, that her religious beliefs and ideals set by ...
