Analysis poem 1: Because I could not stop for Death

This poem uses poetic devices such as rhyme, personification,and repetition. I think this poem is talking about the thin line between life and death and as easy as you are alive you can be dead tomorrow. It's sad and tragic to think about but it is the sad truth. Death is nothing to take lightly. In this poem she also talks about how she is to busy for death. in the poem she makes a reference to ring around the rosy. If you are not familiar with that it is talking about the plague.

Analysis poem 2: Father Death Blues (Don't Grow Old Part V)

This poem uses poetic devices such as rhyme, personification, and repetition. I think this poem is talking about families and death and how eventually we will all be in the same place eventually. Death and family are the two predominate factors in this poem.