Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
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I believe it is significant that children are so prominent in this poem. Emily Dickinson being a recluse from life still had time to pass out candy to the neighborhood children. ' The Lady In White' was a great poetess, one of the best in American literature.
what this poem is about
Its about the person telling about their death journey