Which pair of lines from Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death" is an example of paradox? Because I could not stop for Death
by Emily Dickinson
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 Fouse that seemed
A Swelling Ground -
The Roof was scarcely visible -
The Cornice - but a Mound -
Since then- tis Centuries - and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity -