Question

How do the settings of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" differ?
Traveling in the former represents a journey toward death, while the setting of the latter shows that the speaker is well grounded.
The landscape in the former represents a worshipful attitude toward nature, while the natural setting is only symbolic in the latter.
The setting of the former is separate from the poem’s themes, while the setting of the latter is merely a backdrop for a larger theme.
The countryside setting in the former creates a dreamlike mood, while the setting of the latter creates a mood of artificial happiness.

Answer 1

The first choice is correct.

- In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," the carriage ride (We slowly drove — He knew no haste) is a metaphorical journey toward death and the afterlife; the moving scenes (children, fields of gazing grain, setting sun) reinforce the passage toward mortality.
- In "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church," the speaker stays at home in a natural, domestic setting (a bobolink for a chorister, an orchard for a dome), which emphasizes a grounded, personal form of worship and rootedness rather than a literal journey.