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Emily Dickinson

Because I Could Not Stop for Death

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1890

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Reading Comprehension Answers

1. D. (Line 3)

2. B. (Line 4)

3. A. She also passes fields of grain and the setting sun (Lines 9-12).

4. D. The speaker describes her dress as “Gossamer” (Line 15), the substance spiders produce to weave their webs. She also describes her tulle “Tippet” (Line 16), a scarf or shawl worn over a dress.

5. B. (Line 24)

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