Read the final stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."


Since then – ’tis Centuries – and yet

Feels shorter than the Day

I first surmised the Horses' Heads

Were toward Eternity –

Which statement best describes the purpose of the horse-drawn carriage imagery in this stanza? A - The image reinforces the idea that the speaker is merely a passive passenger on the journey toward death.


B - The image illustrates the speaker’s view that horses are ghostly and intimidating animals that remind her of death.


C - The image illustrates that horses’ heads are symbolic of the speaker’s triumph over death’s grip.


D - The image reinforces the idea that the speaker’s journey toward death is unremarkable and ordinary.