Read these lines from Emily Dickinson's "712" ("Because I could not stop for Death"):

We slowly drove - He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For his civility -

What is one purpose of the personification in this excerpt?

A. It links two unlike concepts: death and leisure
B. It expresses a feeling of satisfaction on a life well lived
C. It presents death as having a sense of patient acceptance
D. It makes the carriage seem like a friend to the speaker.

Answer :

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Answer:

c

Explanation:

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The main purpose of the personification in this excerpt is that it:

  • C. It presents death as having a sense of patient acceptance

According to the given question, we are asked to state the main purpose of the personification in this excerpt and how it helps to advance the plot.

As a result of this, we can see that from the given excerpt, there is the narration by the author Emily Dickinson where she talks about driving slowly because there was no hurry as they were approaching death which shows that the experience of death for her was one of patient acceptance.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C

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