Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Question 5 of 10 • PBCSD_CR_1001375_English 3_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2015

Read the quotation from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."The Carriage held but just Ourselves –And Immortality.What is the effect of the phrase “but just Ourselves” in the lines above?

Answer

It gives the poem a humble tone.

It conveys the personal nature of the speaker’s journey.

It conveys a sense of sarcasm.

It gives the speaker’s journey a feeling of loneliness.

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