Because I Could Not Stop For Death (Poem)

What do children’s ring, the fields of grain, and the setting sun represent in the poem, Because I Could Not Stop For Death?

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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The scenes from country life passed by the speaker’s carriage, namely the children’s ring, the fields of grain, and the setting sun, symbolize different stages of life and the cyclical nature of life as a whole.

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