Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Artist

Betsy Knapp

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Digital Art - Digital Art

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There are many poets which I favor, and as I was constructing a render, I thought of Robert Frost, and then my thoughts drifted to Emily Dickinson and her poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death--I wanted to take a few steps back in time--well perhaps a couple of giant leaps, as she wrote during the mid- to late-1800s; I wanted a rustic, vintage scene with a sleigh and snow...and the skeleton, as I am a prolific SciArt supporter. But this isn't exact combining Science and Art, perhaps the wintry scene with reference to the late Miss Dickinson's famous poem (below) exemplifies a marriage of American Literature and Visual Art:
Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

Or rather — He passed Us —
The Dews drew quivering and Chill —
For only Gossamer, my Gown —
My Tippet — only Tulle —

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground —
The Roof was scarcely visible —
The Cornice — in the Ground —

Since then — 'tis Centuries — and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity —

Written by Emily Dickinson
(December 10, 1830-May 15, 1886)

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September 19th, 2017

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