Moving “Passed” Life for Death

Abstract

The paper Moving “Passed” Life for Death explores Emily Dickinson\u27s poem #479, Because I could not stop for Death, focusing on the theme of movement expressed through the word passed. It analyzes the contradictory qualities of movement and stopping and how they interplay. At the same time, it looks into how the poem\u27s periodic stopping points highlight the natural cycle of life and death, challenging the conventional and fearful understanding of dying. Dickinson\u27s use of passed ultimately alludes to the persistence of life after death, altering readers\u27 perceptions of mortality. The essay presents an intriguing interpretation of life, death, and the passage of time

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This paper was published in College of the Holy Cross: CrossWorks.

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