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Emily Dickinson
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What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

Death, a kindly gentleman riding in a horse carriage, comes to collect a woman for her journey to the afterlife. So begins Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for Death," an exploration of both the uncertainties of death and its inevitability. Dive into one of Dickinson's most celebrated works, which speaks to life's greatest mystery: what happens when you die? [Directed by White Rabbit, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott].

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