Which statement best describes how the setting in stanza 4 impacts the meaning of
the poem?
"We paused before a house that seemed /A swelling of the ground; /The roof was
scarcely visible, /The cornice but a mound."
The speaker does not want to pause at the "house," suggesting the setting
frightens her and she is eager to move on.
The speaker's final "house" or tomb has collapsed into the earth, contributing to
the poem's theme that human lives are unimportant to nature.
The speaker describes her grave as a "house," suggesting she needs shelter from
death, contributing to her desperate and scared tone.
The speaker describes her tomb as a "house," showing she views her body's final
resting place as one of comfort rather than fear.