“We slowly drove/He knew no haste” (Dickinson 5-6). These two lines show that they are in no rush to get to where they are going. The transition from “We” to “He” tells a lot in this single line. “We” might be used to show that the speaker has some sort of control of how fast they are going, but then the author quickly reminds us that “He” is the one that determines the actual pace of the journey. The next three lines of this stanza, “And I had put away/My labor and my leisure too/For his Civility” (Dickinson 7-9), show that the speaker has actually given up her free time for
“We slowly drove/He knew no haste” (Dickinson 5-6). These two lines show that they are in no rush to get to where they are going. The transition from “We” to “He” tells a lot in this single line. “We” might be used to show that the speaker has some sort of control of how fast they are going, but then the author quickly reminds us that “He” is the one that determines the actual pace of the journey. The next three lines of this stanza, “And I had put away/My labor and my leisure too/For his Civility” (Dickinson 7-9), show that the speaker has actually given up her free time for