The speaker of a poem about this character urges the listener to bait him "with the balsam" and to seek him "with the knife." The speaker of a different poem claims to be too near to this character to seek him. The lines "Full royal is his retinue, / Full purple is his state" describe this character, who is commanded to "Let down the bars" and compared to an (*) insect menacing a tree in two other poems. The speaker cannot read a book because her tears blotch the pages in a poem in which this character "sets a thing significant." This character and the speaker undergo a journey in which they pass a house that seems to be "A swelling of the mound," a group of playing children, and the setting sun. For 10 points, name
The speaker of a poem about this character urges the listener to bait him "with the balsam" and to seek him "with the knife." The speaker of a different poem claims to be too near to this character to seek him. The lines "Full royal is his retinue, / Full purple is his state" describe this character, who is commanded to "Let down the bars" and compared to an (*) insect menacing a tree in two other poems. The speaker cannot read a book because her tears blotch the pages in a poem in which this character "sets a thing significant." This character and the speaker undergo a journey in which they pass a house that seems to be "A swelling of the mound," a group of playing children, and the setting sun. For 10 points, name this personification who is held in a carriage with Emily Dickinson after kindly stopping for her
The speaker of a poem about this character urges the listener to bait him "with the balsam" and to seek him "with the knife."
Death