Emily Dickenson. 3 Poems about death

             Because I could not stop for Death --
             The Carriage held but just Ourselves --
             We passed the School, where Children strove
             We passed the Fields of Grazing Grain --
             The Dews drew quivering and chill --
             We paused before a House that seemed
             Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet
             I heard a Fly buzz -- when I died --
             Was like the Stillness in the Air --
             The Eyes around -- had wrung them dry --
             For that last Onset -- when the King
             I willed my Keepsakes -- signed away
             With Blue -- uncertain stumbling Buzz --
             And then the Windows failed -- and then
             Kept treading -- treading -- till it seemed
             Kept beating -- beating -- till I thought
             With those same boots of lead, again.
             And I and Silence some strange Race
             Death Leaves Us Without Any Sense Of Control
             Three of Emily Dickinson’s poems, “Because I Could Not Stop For
             Death”, “I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Die”, and “I Felt A Funeral In My
             Brain” are all about one of life’s few certainties: death. However, that
             is where the similarities end. Although the poems were created by the
             same poet, they seem to portray very different and distinct views
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