Because I Could Not Stop for Death is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson, first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890; since Dickinson's work was never authorized for publication during her lifetime, it is unknown whether the poem was completed or abandoned. Its speaker meets a personified Death, portrayed as a gentleman riding a horse carriage that picks up the speaker and carries her on a journey to the afterlife; according to Thomas H. Johnson's 1955 variorum edition, the poem is numbered 712. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Composed, From (Year)1890 is the first (posthumous) publication date, per Poems: Series 1; Dickinson's own composition date is not stated in this source and is not authoritatively fixed, since her work was never prepared for publication in her lifetime. Classification
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"Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890.
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"Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890.
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