Question

How does the first-person point of view in both "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" help communicate the ideas presented in the poems?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Both poems were written by American poet Emily Dickinson, who played a very important role in literature. First person-point of view means to write from the author's perspective and this is the one used in both poems.

This point of view is normally used in autobiographies or experiential literature. In both poems, the speaker talks about very particular and personal perspectives of two major issues: religion and death. As we can see, first-person point of view helps the speaker communicate very personal ways of doing or seeing things: in the first one, we see how the speaker keeps Sabbath and then she contrasts it with what other people do. For the speaker, both situations help reach the goal, which is heaven, no matter if it's a general perception or a particular one, as in the poem. It also helps show that death is something personal and common: in the second poem, we can see how the speaker is caught by the Death and remembers all her daily spaces and occupations, meaning that it happens anywhere, to anyone.

Answer 2

Hey there, 

We know that both are from first-person point of view  because first person is someone telling you his or her story. They both explain the same purpose when you read from the perspective of the narrator.