Read the final stanza of "because i could not stop for death."

since then – ’tis centuries – and yet
feels shorter than the day
i first surmised the horses' heads
were toward eternity –
which statement best describes the purpose of the horse-drawn carriage imagery in this stanza? a - the image reinforces the idea that the speaker is merely a passive passenger on the journey toward death.

b - the image illustrates the speaker’s view that horses are ghostly and intimidating animals that remind her of death.

c - the image illustrates that horses’ heads are symbolic of the speaker’s triumph over death’s grip.

d - the image reinforces the idea that the speaker’s journey toward death is unremarkable and ordinary.