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 ones mortality.

Explanation:

Analyze the subject of the first poem

Using the Emily Dickinson Poetry knowledge point
In "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church," Dickinson personalizes the broad concept of spirituality and religious worship by moving it from a public church building to her own home and garden, using nature (like a bobolink and orchard) as her church.

Analyze the subject of the second poem

Using the Emily Dickinson Poetry knowledge point
In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," Dickinson personalizes the broad concept of mortality and death by representing Death as a polite, gentlemanly carriage driver taking her on a leisurely ride.

Compare the two poems

Using the Comparative Poetry Analysis knowledge point
Both poems take abstract, grand, and universal concepts—spirituality/religious devotion in the first, and mortality/death in the second—and make them deeply personal, intimate, and concrete through everyday metaphors and individual experiences.

Evaluate the given options

Using the Comparative Poetry Analysis knowledge point

• Option 1 correctly states that both poems personalize a broad concept, such as spirituality or mortality.
• Option 2 is incorrect because "Some Keep the Sabbath" does not address mortality.
• Option 3 is incorrect because "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" does not concern religion on a basic level.
• Option 4 is incorrect because neither poem advocates being fearful of mortality; in fact, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" portrays death quite peacefully.

Answer:

• Both poems personalize a broad concept, such as spirituality or mortality. (Correct answer)
• 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.