The implication is that if every Englishman was to die this way then it suggests that this would make the world a better place, and that the war is almost worth it, hence slightly glorifying it. Asquith presents the glory of war in a very different way. In his poem ‘The Volunteer’, he tells the story of an office worker who has died in battle on the front. Once he was a frustrated clerk living a boring life, living out his heroic fantasies
“Not Waving but Drowning,” by Stevie Smith, shows the idea of isolation and being misread by the loving people around one. It also shows the unheard cries for help by others around one. The literal meaning of this poem is, the man was truly not waving to ones he saw, he was in a desperate need for help due to drowning. The author described the man making noise to get others to help him, but nobody heard anything, so he drowned. One would believe the man to be in a stage of pain, grief, hurt or misery for a period of time now.
Dying," Morrie suddenly said, "is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of the people who come to visit me are unhappy." (35) I think this quote means that dying is one thing, but if you live your whole life unhappy then you will never appreciate what have you accomplished. Yes, Morrie was dying but was happy with his accomplishments.
The strange thing is, for a story that's as morbid as can be, it ends with life. Of course, we realize that the narrator obviously has to live in order for him to tell us how he almost died. Thus, in giving his character life, Poe is able to make us ponder death. Very cool. BUT can a story in which no one dies really be about death?
DEATH BE NOT PROUD Divine Meditation 10 Summary The speaker tells Death that it should not feel proud, for though some have called it “mighty and dreadful,” it is not. Those whom Death thinks it kills do not truly die, nor, the speaker says, “can’st thou kill me.” Rest and sleep are like little copies of Death, and they are pleasurable; thus, the speaker reasons, Death itself must be even more so—indeed, it is the best men who go soonest to Death, to rest their bones and enjoy the delivery of their souls. Death, the speaker claims, is a slave to “fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,” and is forced to dwell with war, poison, and sickness. The speaker says that poppies and magic charms can make men sleep as well as, or better than, Death’s stroke, so why should Death swell with pride? Death is merely a short sleep, after which the dead awake into eternal life, where Death shall no longer exist: Death itself will die.
Though it can be interpreted in different ways , as a personal note , the poem summarizes his thoughts about the inevitability of death and the way people deal with it . He states that people know that death is for certain , that people already accept the fact that everyone will come to their end according to the will of God but , at the end of the day , they fear leaving the world and regrets start to bother them He mentioned in his poem about wise men that despite their wisdom cannot truly tell why death is inevitable and just accept the fact that they are dying of the good men who did good deeds but still end up with death and those men who lived with serious illnesses who should have enjoyed life more than just wait for their final hour . Then when their time comes , it would be too late to regret things and time wasted Thomas also addressed there his father as he witness how his father suffered from
The fact that he is a single traveler only further serves to illustrate the singular nature of the human condition; no matter when or how we hear the call of death, we all die alone. It is no surprise then, with such a theme, that the tone of the work is mournful, the rhythms sedate. I kinda feel that while Longfellow’s poem is essentially iambic (written in a series of stressed and unstressed syllables), the writer also makes use of the spondee, pairing two stressed syllables, to avoid a tone and meter that sing-song like a Hallmark greeting card. In addition, the flow of the lines naturally pauses when read aloud. This caesura serves to reinforce the steady iambic beat.
He would find solace in the fact that there was nothing he could do. He would take pride in himself and die an honorable death, because he knows that it is an undeserving one. The last six lines of this poem, however, shift the subject. The words “But not so,” let the reader know that what is said in the first two stanzas is not what the speaker in the poem believes to be true. The speaker asks ‘why does happiness end?’ The author then tells us that the deciders of life are “Crass Casualty… And dicing Time.” He is saying that nothing
Analyzing “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.” People have long enjoyed Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” because of its unique treatment of a usually somber subject. Rather than fearing death, her narrator has no qualms about joining him for the final journey. By making Death seem almost gentlemanly, Dickinson lessens our fear. To fully understand “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” it helps to analyze the elements of theme, personification, and symbolism. The theme of “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is that death finds us all eventually.
Fortunato is a proud man and he does not think that his death with be due to something as petty as a cold. Rather, he believes that his life will end as a result of some courageous act and he will die a noble death. However, Montressor can only laugh at this thought because he knows Fortunato's death will be far from noble and his pride will be broken when he is caught in his trap. Another instance of foreshadowing comes with the trowel scene. At one point in their journey, Fortunato makes a