Question

Why is the image of the setting sun most likely not described in great detail in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?

Answer 1

Because the mood created in the poem doesn’t require describing the sunset 

Answer 2

Answer:

It is a common symbol of death that requires little description.

Explanation:

The image of the setting sun is the symbol of the approaching death or the end of life. The poem "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" is the poem that builds a positive image of death. Death has been personified to be a driver who was very polite and humble to the poet. It has shown its purest and simplest attitude when it arrived at the house of the poet to take her. It was during the journey that the poet witnesses the setting of the sun indicating the end of her life.