Question

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.