Death
In the poem the speaker says, "The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
" At the very beginning of the poem the speaker personifies Death. When she says, "Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me". This idea that Death stops for the speaker, personifies Death and makes him a character in the poem. This means that "Ourselves" refers to the speaker and Death.
Some people have argued that since Death is personified, so is Immortality and therefore Immortality is also riding in the Carriage with the speaker and Death. However, this is not a widely accepted interpretation.
Because
This is the answer because cause and effect words are (because, if, therefore, since, then)
Answer:
New York City, America.
Explanation:
The poem "Exile" tells the story of a family moving from Dominican Republic, the author's homeland Julia Alvarez, and fled to New York City in America. The poem is like an autobiographical work, as the author and the speaker go through the events of exile when Julia was 10 years old.
