Question

In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” the House is a metaphor for _____. Click here to read the poem. a place where the speaker can rest the home where the speaker lived the place where the speaker is buried a garden that the speaker enjoyed

Answer 1

In the poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death, the house is a metaphor that actually represents a grave. In this sense, the correct answer is C: the place where the speaker is buried. In the poem, the persona accepts the fate. In other words the persona accepts the death and acknowledges the grave as a new house.