Emily Dickinson is a writer well known for her poems on death. Her poems "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" and "Because I could not stop for Death" are two of her more famous poems. The persona's attitude in both of these poems is very similar.
             In the poem "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" the persona's attitude toward death is peaceful. The peaceful attitude is evident in the first few lines, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers-- Untouched by Mourning-- And untouched by Noon..."(553). This poem is about someone who has died and is in his tomb underground, which is untouchable by the sun. The word "safe" is used to describe the persona's peaceful attitude toward death.
             Another way the peaceful persona attitude is portrayed in "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" is with the persona's look back on life. The lines, "Untouched by Morning And untouched by Noon Lie the meek members of the Resurrection..."(553). This is the person looking back on his life. The "Morning" symbolizes childhood, the "Noon" symbolizes growing up, and the "Resurrection" symbolizes the person's death. Most people think when a human dies, they get to look back on all their happy times in life. The persona's attitude here is one of happiness because he got to look back on all the happy times of his life.
             In the poem "Because I could not stop for Death" the persona's attitude is also peaceful. The peaceful attitude is evident in the first few lines, "Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me We slowly drove---He knew no haste..."(554). The words "kindly" and "slowly" are used to portray the persona's peaceful attitude toward death.
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