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一
We passed the Setting Sun—
Questions:
A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the above stanzas are taken.
B.What figure of speech is used in Line 1 and Line 4?
C.What do“the School”,“the Fields of Gazing Grain^and "the Setting Sun" represent?
A. From Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death—”.
B.Personification.
C.They represent three stages of life: "the School"一youth; "the Fields of Gazing"—mature period;"the Setting Sun"——end of life. (P522)