Question

How are the speakers’ sense of goals different in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"?
The speaker in the former knows exactly what her goal is, while the speaker in the latter believes that she has already achieved it.
The speaker in the former thinks that she may never reach her goal, while the speaker in the latter is far more confident.
The speaker in the former is not interested in achieving a goal, while the speaker in the latter is passionately interested.
The speaker in the former views her goal as intangible, while the speaker in the latter considers her goal as too distant to achieve.

Answer 1

The third choice.

In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" the speaker is passive—Death comes for her and she goes along; she isn’t pursuing or striving for a goal. In "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" the speaker is actively asserting her own religious practice and conviction (she keeps the Sabbath at home and feels she has already achieved the spiritual aim), so she’s engaged and invested in that goal.