Emily Dickinson's poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died", both deal with one of life's few certainties, death.
Dickinson's intense curiosity towards mortality was present in much of her work, and is her legacy as a poet.
"Because I could Not Stop for Death" is one of Emily Dickinson's most discussed and famous poems due to its ambiguous, and unique
view on the popular subject of death. Death in this poem is told as a woman's last trip, which is headed toward eternity. This poem helps to characterize and bring death down to a more personal
level. …
