"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" is a short discourse between the dead person's soul and her loved ones. The monologue's form gives a sense of comfort between the spirit and her loved ones. The poem's rhyme system is ABBA. Every second and third line rhyme. This poem uses grief as a metaphor for loss, but also as a way to express love. This poem was written by Emily Dickinson. She was an American poet who lived in Massachusetts. Her family was well-off, but she had many health problems as a child and teenager that left her with a weak heart. When she was about twenty-five years old, she started writing poems. They are known for their simplicity and directness. Many of them deal with death or loss of some kind. Dickinson wrote more than 2,000 poems, but only forty-four are published during her lifetime. One of her best-known poems is "Because I Could Not Stop For Death", which talks about how terrible it would be to die young because you never get to experience life. This poem was later set to music by John Lennon. He included it on his album Mind Games (1981).