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Because I Could Not Stop For Death And Thanatopsis

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Death is not something to be feared, but instead, something to be welcomed. The poems “because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant support this statement. In “ because I could not stop for Death” the reader feels calm when riding with Death, and in “Thanatopsis” the narrator eventually accepts death and goes into a peaceful sleep. Both poems have a theme of acceptance, but differ in the way they present their ideas. A main point in both these poems is that Death should not be feared. For example Emily Dickinson says, “Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me”. The poet capitalizes the word “death” in the poem making death seem like a person. She also writes that he
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