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The Theme of Death in Poems


Death is a common theme in many poems. It is viewed so differently to
everyone. In the poems, \\\\\\\"Because I could not stop for Death,\\\\\\\" \\\\\\\"First Death in
Nova Scotia,\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\"War is kind\\\\\\\" death is presented by each narrator as something
different. To one it is a kind gentle stranger while to another it is a cold
cruel being.
A kind gentleman stranger personifies death in, \\\\\\\"Because I could not
stop for Death.\\\\\\\" The narrator of the poem is a busy person, with little time,
and definitely no time to die. Her carriage driver, which is death, arrives to
take her into immortality. Death isn\\\\\\\'t hasty, he doesn\\\\\\\'t take her quickly. He
drives her past things that the narrator had not taken the time to notice in a
while. The narrator watched as he drives her past a school, where children are
playing, and then on they go past fields. She sees the sun go down, and the
carriage driver past the sun,......

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