Because I could not stop for Death Spirituality Quotes

Because the speaker is spiritually committed to dying and to what comes after death, she no longer worries about "earthly things."

Grain is mentioned in the Bible often, usually as a sign of prosperity and life. The fact that they are passing grain shows the speaker's journey away from health and life toward death. The spirit is usually thought to be free of the body in the afterlife, so no need for grain or any other food, for that matter. Hunger is a thing of the past! Though this poem is not explicitly written from a Christian perspective, this may be one hint as to the speaker's spiritual influences.

This is a classic example of spirituality and faith – the speaker does not need to see the whole thing to know it exists, she simply believes it.