问答题
Questions 1 to 6 are based on the following poem by Emily Dickinson. Because I Could not Stop for Death 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 tulleWe paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground— The Roof was scarcely visible—The Cornice—in a GroundSince then—" tis centuries—and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the horses" heads Were toward Eternity.
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Why did Death stop for me?
【正确答案】正确答案：Death appears personified in this poem as a courtly beau who gently insists that the speaker put aside both "labor" and "leisure". He arrives in his carriage , having stopped for her because she could not have stopped for him.
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Why couldn"t I stop for Death?
【正确答案】正确答案：The poem suggests that Death is not meant to be an end—human existence will go on for Eternity. Death gives way to Immortality, and thus, even if she had wanted to, the speaker could not have stopped for Death. The grave is merely a brief pause on the journey toward Eternity.
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What did the Death"s carriage hold?
【正确答案】正确答案：Death"s carriage held Death, the speaker and Immortality.
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What three things did the speaker and Death pass?
【正确答案】正确答案：They passed a school, fields of gazing grain, and the setting sun. The school represents her youth, the fields is her maturity of adulthood; and the setting sun is her old age.
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What is the "House" in the ground in Stanza 5? Why do the centuries seem shorter than the Day?
【正确答案】正确答案：(1)The house is a grave or a crypt. (2)The experience of Death is a moment that is longer than several centuries. In this process of Death, she gets to know herself as well as the world better. Therefore, this process is a lasting and unforgettable one. On the other hand, once she is in her eternal resting place and becomes immortal, time will become meaningless.
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What is the theme of the poem?
【正确答案】正确答案：Mortality is probably the major theme in this poem. It"s all about the speaker"s attitude toward her death and what the actual day of her death is like. Dickinson paints a picture of the day that doesn"t seem too far from the ordinary. The speaker isn"t scared of death at all, and seems to accept it. She thinks that death is a way toward Eternity.