One poetic element that Dickinson uses in "Because I would not stop for Death" would have to be Rhyme when she is talking about death and the things she is passing, She describes things she is seeing by using imagery to tell the readers about the children playing at Recess and the setting sun as they stroll along the people and the town itself she starts thinking about the things she's missed out on. The theme she is trying to create in her story is universal, The writer wants the readers to be able to relate to what she is writing about and tries to give great detail in on what it is that she is seeing while her and death are strolling along the roadside looking at the people she hasn't seen in awhile since she went reclusive in her family home years ago for reasons people do not know and she doesn't feel like telling us the readers. The writer talks how she could not stop for death yet he could slow down for her and he took his time showing her the things she has been avoiding because he wants her to realize she has been wasting her life hiding away inside the house.
