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Thanatopsis: An Analysis - Online Term Paper

Thanatopsis: An Analysis


When you are sad, go visit nature because it will lift your spirits
and when you die go pleasantly, for kings also die and nature will tell you
that it is still there with you. That is the theme of this poem by William
Cullen Bryant. This essay will be set up in three sections of the poem
which will make this theme more easily understood by the reader.
The first section is from lines one through seventeen of the poem.
In this section Bryant tells the reader how pleasant nature is and how it
can brighten life. The best example of this is when Bryant writes: .
.."shudder and grow sick at heart, Go forth under the sky and list to
natures teachings"(13-15).
In the second section Bryant ...

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This is described in lines thirty-one through
eighty. The best example of this is when Bryants writes: ..."approach thy
grave like one who wraps the drapery of his coach about him and lies down
to pleasant dreams"(79-80)
This poem has taught the reader that death is not a bad thing. It
is just a ticket to a pleasant life after death. So have fun in your life
and live life to its fullest. When you are sad and need a friend look to
nature and he will always be there. Even after you are ...

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Added: 3/26/2008 09:18:50 AM
Category: Poetry & Poets
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 318
Pages: 2

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