This idea is a departure from the typical sinister reaper who comes to take us away from the world of the living. So, although Death is a key theme in “Why I Couldn't Stop for Death,” it is in a different way than traditionally thought because of Dickinson's deliberate intertwining of Death and immortality. Immortality and death appear together in the first stanza, "The carriage held but only ourselves - / and immortality" (3-4), but there is no further mention of immortality until the final line where l The speaker states that Death's carriage took her to Eternity. This leaves the characterization of immortality very hidden, but gives it importance beyond that of death. Death is a means and immortality the end, but what is immortality? The immortality in Dickinson's “Why…” is clearly a continuation of the speaker's consciousness, as he remembers the day of his death and has an idea of ​​the time that has passed since then (“'tis Centuries” (22)). Yet the speaker provides no clues as to what immortality holds or what might be done in eternity. The mysterious nature of Immortality still leaves readers uncomfortable with the idea of ​​death, particularly when paired with the anomalous fourth stanza. While Death himself may take the form of a gentle gentleman, the act of dying holds more disturbing emotions of fear and unease as “The dews drew trembling and chill –