Question

Read the final stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."

Since then – ’tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
Which statement best describes the purpose of the horse-drawn carriage imagery in this stanza?

Answer 1

A - The image reinforces the idea that the speaker is merely a passive passenger on the journey toward death.

B - The image illustrates the speaker’s view that horses are ghostly and intimidating animals that remind her of death.

C - The image illustrates that horses’ heads are symbolic of the speaker’s triumph over death’s grip.

D - The image reinforces the idea that the speaker’s journey toward death is unremarkable and ordinary.

Answer 2

@jgirl128 @ManImStumped

Answer 3

I'm going for A.