Question

What is similar about the subjects of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?
Both poems personalize a broad concept, such as spirituality or mortality.
Both poems address mortality, specifically that of human beings.
Both poems concern religion on a basic and fundamental level.
Both poems advocate being fearful of one’s mortality.

Answer 1

Both poems personalize a broad concept, such as spirituality or mortality.

Explanation: Dickinson makes abstract ideas concrete—“Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church” personalizes religious observance (the speaker’s private Sabbath), while “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” personifies Death as a courteous companion.