A Dreamy Death <Tab/>In her poem "712" Dickinson describes the interactions between a person and death. Her poem describes how the speaker is escorted by Death in its carriage. Death carries the speaker slowly and peacefully through time. It is ironic that Dickinson writes of Death's civility and politeness during a time that is mostly associated with confusion and sadness. The poem has a certain calm and tranquil feeling that makes …
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…have the impression of immortality. Dickinson shows in the beginning that the main character feels like she will never die and has begun her journey in her youth. By the end, though, immortality is gone and eternity takes it place. Unlike immortality, eternity does not imply living forever; it just implies forever. The speaker realizes life's mortality. Dickinson shows how powerless we are to resist death and our inability to stop death when it beckons.