... dead. In the fifth stanza, Death and the woman pause before "...a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground- The Roof was scarcely visible- The Cornice in the Ground-." Even though the poem does not come out and say it, it is likely that this grave is the woman's own. If this is true, then her spirit or soul must be what is looking at the "house." In most religions, the idea of spirits and souls ... usually mean that there is an afterlife. It is not until the sixth ... and final stanza where the audience gets solid evidence that this poem believes in an afterlife. The woman recalls ho...

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• Grade Level: High School