Because I could not stop for Death

poem by Emily Dickinson
VisualArtwork literary_work Q4878480
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Summary

Because I could not stop for Death is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,573 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Emily Dickinson[3]
  • Location: Houghton Library[4]
  • Language of work or name: English[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6]
  • Catalog code: 712[7]
  • Publication date: 1890[8]
  • Main subject: death[9]
  • Described at URL: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47652/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-479[10]
  • Published in: Poems[11]
  • Title: The Chariot[12]
  • First line: Because I could not stop for Death —[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]
  • Number of words: 127[15]
  • Narrative motif: Death[16]
  • Form of creative work: poem[17]

Why It Matters

Because I could not stop for Death is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved . poetryfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'la', 'ta']
    Instance of → literary work
    Location → Houghton Library
    Form of creative work → poem
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