People who write poetry do so for a variety of reasons. They write to express things like anger, fear, happiness, and the unknown. Whether it's having a hobby, doing something in your free time, or expressing your feelings, everyone has their own motivation. The last years of Dickinson's life were spent mainly in mourning due to several deaths occurring within a few years. Emily's father died in 1874, her nephew Gilbert died in 1883, and Charles Wadsworth (Emily's lover) as well as Emily's mother died in 1882. During these years, many of the friendships Emily's most influential and valuable women have died, which has given way to the more concentrated obsession with death in her poetry. Because of Emily Dickinson's life of solitude, she was able to focus on her world more acutely than other authors of her time—contemporary authors who had no effect on her writing. Emily was original and innovative in her poetry. Many of his poems were completed and written on scraps of paper, like old grocery lists. Eventually, when his poetry was published, they were grouped into classes: friends, nature, love and death. (Black) Many of Emily Dickinson's poems that were written about death reflect how she felt about it and how it impacted her life. Because death occurred so often in Emily Dickinson's life, I chose to write about the influence in her poetry. Two poems in which were found, "Because I could not stop to die" and "The turmoil in a house", can be associated with each other by one of the aforementioned categories: the dead. In the poem "Because I Couldn't Stop Stop to Die", Dickinson personifies death as a kind person who cares for people: Because I couldn't stop to die - He kindly stopped for me -……………………………………………… ………We drove slowly - He knew no hurry And I had put aside My work and my leisure taken For His Civility - (Dickinson 5-8). She also describes several scenes from her journey throughout death: We passed the School, where the Children strove at Recess - in the Ring - We passed the grain fields - We passed the sun sunset - (9-12). These scenes reveal that Emily Dickinson's attitude toward death is not frightening; it is a slow, peaceful process that can be compared to passing a group of schoolchildren innocently playing at recess or watching the sun set with a loved one..