I Died for Beauty is essentially an exploration of the unity found in death.

Death is a powerful natural force which doesnt discriminate, and which will eventually wipe out all recollection of your existence. Dickinson critiques the Keatsian Romantic ideals of the importance of beauty and truth. The speaker of the poem shows a strong desire for connection even after death. The enjambment of the first line emphasises the words scarce and adjusted and this diction choice exhibits a degree of comfort in the novelty of death. In the first stanza Dickinson presents the romantic values, and portrays a certain connection through shared values and through death, but in the second and third stanzas she breaks this down. In the second stanza, the concept of death as a uniting force which devalues the ideals of life is introduced. Despite the uniting dialogue, which links the two corpses as brethren through their Romantic ideals, the halting language and meter doesnt allow for complete faith in th e importance of Romantic ideals in Death. The non-rhyme of replied and said, the jolting dashes, and the yoda-speak of We Brethren, are, all provide a perception of wrongness, and discomfort. This sense increases into the third stanza, where the poem ends with the idea of the loss of identity. The diction choice of lips as a metaphor for the grave stone provides layers of meaning, as the word contains connotations regarding tenderness and communication. The poem ends with a rejection of the idea of immortality past your own lifespan, since the poets names (as metonymy for identity) are covered up by nature.