I could not stop for Death
by Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
The carriage held but just Ourselves
4- And Immortality.
We slowly drove - He knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
8- For His Civility -
We passed the School, where Children strove,
At Recess - in the Ring -
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
12- We passed the Setting Sun -
Or rather - He passed Us
The Dews grew quivering and chill
For only Gossamer my Gown
16- My Tippet - only Tulle -
Which poetic device does Dickinson use in the following lines of "Because I could not stop for Death"?
Line 15: "For only Gossamerr my Gown --"
A. metaphor (the comparison of two unlike things)
B. alliteration (repetition of first consonant sound in a string of words)
C. simile (the comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like")