The speakers death for beauty was rare

for/with the person who died for truth.

rare; insufficient of demand;
I died for beauty, but was scarce” occurring in small numbers
Emily Dickinson, 1924
I DIED for beauty, but was scarce The words 'tomb' and 'room' make death less disturbing by
This
character
Adjusted in the tomb, comparing the tomb to a room

died for When one who died for truth was lain
The rooms represent the graves
beauty In an adjoining room.
Nervous to talk?
Why do they use the
This
He questioned softly why I failed? word 'failed' instead 5
of
character “For beauty,” I replied. 'died'? Is 'failed' a
What they died for (beauty
died for “And I for truth,—the two are one; metaphor for death?
and truth)
truth We brethren are,” he said.
Night is symbolic of death

The one for

And so, as kinsmen met a night,
truth says We talked between the rooms, 10
they are the Until the moss had reached our lips, She demonstrates the passage of time. It causes her to lose her
same. And covered up our names. ability to speak and her identity.

Personification and imagery with the moss

The moss has covered their
The word 'names' is a metaphor for a spirit
names, losing the identity of the
characters and finally forgetting
them.