What is the quality of death presented in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Death Came to See Me in Hot Pink Pants"?

Death is portrayed very differently in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, and “Death Came to See Me in Hot Pink Pants” by Heather Royes.

In Heather Royes' poem, death is personified as a “black saga boy” dressed in a garish pink suit. He uses force to enter the room, laughing as he makes his entrance into the speaker’s dreams. Death collapses easily when hit with a staff but comes back...

Death is portrayed very differently in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, and “Death Came to See Me in Hot Pink Pants” by Heather Royes.

In Heather Royes' poem, death is personified as a “black saga boy” dressed in a garish pink suit. He uses force to enter the room, laughing as he makes his entrance into the speaker’s dreams. Death collapses easily when hit with a staff but comes back to try again. The speaker awakes having difficulty breathing but was able to cheat death’s grip. The speaker describes Death as beautiful: “How beautiful was Death in hot-pink pants with matching waistcoat too.”

In Emily Dickinson’s poem, death is portrayed more traditionally. Once again, death is personified as he comes gently to claim the speaker. He takes the narrator on a slow carriage drive around the familiar environs of her life and through the centuries. Death comes when she least expects it and slowly takes her away to eternity.