'Eternity' is a term that brings to life the timeless infinity of both marriage and death. Marriage symbolizes the depth of eternal love and death symbolizes the longevity of eternal rest. The union of these two seemingly opposite realities define the poetic climax of Emily Dickinson&apos...

'Because I could not stop for Death-,' A Poem of Both Marriage and Death When thinking of both marriage and death, the word "eternity" comes to mind. Marriage is looked at as a symbol of eternal love, and death is looked at as a state of eternal rest. Also, Christians consid...