The clock being stopped may signify the fact that he who died has run out of time and also to ask those who knew him to stop what they are doing and reflect. The telephone being cut off brings forth the idea of silence. Auden does this to show the deceased the respect they deserve. She believes in honoring the dead with a moment of silence to pay respect. In the second stanza the speaker states, "let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead.
“The Fox” by Kenneth Patchen explores the idea of Death through the story of a pregnant fox that is shot by a hunter. Like “The Fly”, the necessity and tragedy of death is another theme. In contrast to the death of an unsuspecting fly, the death of an animal carrying young is considered tragic. The fox is killed before she has a chance to bring life into the world, evoking sympathy in the reader. The atmosphere of the “The Fox” is far sadder than that of “The Fly” because the author expresses more emotion rather than the analytical standpoint
Monica Gaber English 102 Poetry Analyst “Funeral Blues” by W.H. Auden W.H.Auden’s focuses on death as an irreversible phenomenon though people die, this analysis of "Funeral Blues" that the relationships with those loved one don't. Auden’s “Funeral Blues” is an elegy, a poem of mourning, in this case for a recently deceased friend. Its title has multiple meanings. It alludes perhaps to the music played at New Orleans funerals, it reflects the “blues” that the speaker himself is experiencing over this sudden and painful loss, and it references the poem itself, the expression of sadness through words, meter and rhyme.
She is merely using it as an excuse to kill Duncan. Similarly, right before Macbeth kills Duncan, Lady Macbeth says this quote, “it was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman” (55.5). In this quote, her use of birds is very interesting. It was shown in the last quotation that a raven was used to represent death. In this quotation she uses an owl to represent this death.
Explain the significance of death in the poem ‘The last night that she lived’ by Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘The last night that she lived’ is significantly dominated by connotations that reflect the theme of death. The poem reveals her obsession with death through the language that Dickinson conveys to the reader. In the first stanza, Dickinson explains that ‘It was a Common Night.’ This portrays to the reader that it wasn’t an unusual night except for the death of the woman. It also implies that the death has made it a cherishable day which shows the significance of death within the poem as on a common night death was a usual thing as it was cherishable. Within Emily Dickinson’s life, many of her past friends and family past away around her on a regular basis, which could conclude to the reason why death is described as a usual and cherishable thing in ‘The last night that she lived.’ The second stanza reveals the intensity of the poet’s reaction to the death.
Then one day Admetus got sick. Admetus was sick for a while when he found out he was dying. Apollo told Admetus that he could have someone die for him. So Admetus asked everyone if they would die for him, but no one would. Finally Alcetis burst into the room and said, "I will die for you.
These themes are depression and nothingness. The two themes connect by depression caused by the feeling of nothingness. The story itself is straightforward, lacks emotion, and is seemingly unfinished. The simplicity of the story leads readers to look for deeper insight. The reader can find a lingering sense of loneliness following the old man and even one of the waiters.
Plath is able to strongly convey a central theme of suicide by relief of pain, and the result of abandonment and inactivity. Relief of pain through suicide is one of the most common themes used in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. In “Lady Lazarus”, Plath writes about her attempts at suicide. “And like the cat I have nine times to die. / This is number three (Plath 21-22).” In the poem she describes the two previous attempts at killing herself when she says “The first time it happened I was ten.
However, instead of sleeping for the night, once the sunset fades, the person will have died. The final step towards death is the fire. Many poems allude to life being a flame and the poem also does so, but it has a detailed progression of the fire going out. The "death-bed" in the poem is synonymous for a fire pit. His/her "youth doth lie" in the "death-bed" which shows how their youth is fading away.
In addition, as Agamemnon is dying, if his wife closes his eyes he would have his peace finally. Instead, he is left lingering, looking at her. The journey Addie’s family takes her body is on depriving Addie’s of her peace, even after death. Book XI of the Odyssey also shows Elpenor, who died by falling of a roof, in it. Unlike Cash, Elpenor was irresponsibility drinking and falls to his death.