American Icons: "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

Emily Dickinson's fantasy of getting picked up by the grim reaper is a very strange work of art to be standard fare in high school English classes. For our American Icons series, Sean Cole — a poet himself — examines Dickinson's legendary work, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."

Music Playlist

  1. Piano Fantasy

    Artist: Aaron Copland and Robert Weirich
    Album: Aaron Copland- Works for Piano
    Label: Albany Records