Compare and contrast Troy’s perspectives on death with the speaker of the poem’s perspective. What is the significance of the personification of Death in Troy’s soliloquy and the speaker in Dickinson’s poem? What does the personification of death in both texts convey about how they (Troy and the speaker) face their mortality? Respond in a paragraph or more.

“Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” and Troy’s Soliloquy in Act I, Scene 1 of Fences

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.