Question

Which statement best describes how the setting in stanza 4 of "Because I could not stop for Death" impacts the meaning of the poem?
a. The speaker does not want to pause at the "house," suggesting the setting frightens her and she is eager to move on.
b. The speaker describes her grave as a "house," suggesting she needs shelter from death, contributing to her desperate and scared tone.
c. The speaker’s final "house" or tomb has collapsed into the earth, contributing to the poem’s theme that human lives are unimportant to nature.
d. The speaker describes her tomb as a "house," showing she views her body’s final resting place as one of comfort rather than fear.

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

The speaker does not want to pause at the "house," suggesting the setting frightens her and she is eager to move on.

Answer 2

Answer:

d. The speaker describes her tomb as a "house," showing she views her body’s final resting place as one of comfort rather than fear.

Explanation:

This is the statement that best describes how the speaker reacts towards the idea of death. The speaker describes the journey she took with death. She also tells us that they stopped in front of a "house." This is her tomb. However, the fact that the author refers to it as a house conveys a feeling of acceptance and comfort.