Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Who "kindly stopped" for the speaker of the poem?

• Immortality

• A child at the school

• Death

• The grim reaper

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Whom does the word "we" in line 5 refer to?

• The Speaker

• Death and Immortality

• The Speaker and Death

• The Speaker, Death, and Immortality

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The description in lines 5–8 of the poem suggests a view of death as...

• tiring

• tragic

• peaceful

• exciting

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How can the speakers tone best be described?

• calm and measured

• angry and bitter

• energetic and curious

• frantic and frightened

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Death is personified as....

• a rough carriage driver

• a polite gentleman

• a tour guide

• a weary grave digger

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What image from the poem suggests a person becoming old and dying?

• children at recess

• swelling ground

• The setting sun

• fields of grain

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What does the house represent in lines 17-20?

• The speakers childhood home

• The speakers grave

• A haunted house

• The afterline

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Which stanza, besides the 1st, supports the conclusion that "Death is polite".

• 3rd Stanza

• 4th Stanza

• 2nd Stanza

• 5th Stanza

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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What element of style is displayed in line 13?

• Inverted Syntax

• Slant Rhymes

• Slag

• Irregular Punctuation

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How long has the speaker been in the carriage with Death?

• A year

• Centuries

• An hour

• 20 years

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