文体学分析BecauseICouldnotStopforDeath.doc

A Stylistic Analysis of Because I Could not Stop for Death Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only – Tulle – We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground – Since then – ‘tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses ‘Heads Were toward Eternity – --Emily Dickinson, Because I Could not Stop for Death Introduction Emily Dickinson（1830-1886）, the American best-known female poet，was one of the foremost authors in American literature. Because I could not stop for Death is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson. The poem is about the poet meeting a personified Death. Dickinson personifies Death as a gentleman caller who takes a leisurely carriage ride with the poet to her grave. It reveals the authors calm acceptance of death. Analysis Because I Could not Stop for Death is one of the most significant poem of Emily Dickinson in terms of subjects of death. The whole poem with four feet iambic and three feet iambic appears an alternate layout, and the rhyme is not strict. This “not in strict” rhyme, contrasting to the traditional model of the rhyme if poetry creation, reflects Dickinson`s creative rebellion and modernity. The rich use of the poem rhyme is abound of changes, increasing the beauty of the musicality of poetry to read catchy, adding the language of poetry appreciation value and giving the reader a unique aesthetic temperament and interest. Ⅰ. At the Phonological Level Meter In this poem, Dickinson adopted her formal pattern: c