Setting

Setting The death takes place in a country town where people know one another. This is why the persona is able to recognize the people who come and go. Theme - Death: Death is a natural occurrence. Yet, it is a sad event for those who lose a loved one (the people are numb with grief). - The scene of death has visible signs even when a body is absent, and beginning at a young age we pick up on the signs and thus become conditioned to deal with death. Language 

The present tense is used to convey the idea that death is an everyday

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occurrence. The words used are simple, everyday words. The style is conversational. Sometimes, the poet does not write complete sentences.

Tone 

Though the theme of this poem is death, it does not have a sad and mournful tone. The persona tells us of the goings on in a matter-of-fact manner to convey

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the idea that death is a natural occurrence. The tone use in the poem is somber in other word gloomy, depressing, or dismal. This poem has a tone that one would expect to feel in a poem about death in the home

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Death is a normal part of life. We need to keep certain customs and carry out certain rituals when it is necessary to do so. The fear of death is natural. People living in society need to support one another.. "There's been a death in the opposite house", by Emily Dickinson. On the mechanical side, it is of iambic triameter to pentameter, including feminizes. There is no significant assonance, consonance, or alliteration. Tre setting is in a small town, and the speaker is a neighbor watching this spectacle, who is making conclusions about what is happening. The speaker seems to be terrified of death, because he/she is very afraid of even talking about it. The speaker could've said "my neighbor died" instead of "There's been a