1. Death and God
In the second stanza her find out this other lover has died. "When I saw your corpse in your coffin, I flung back your flower to you; it was all of yours I ever had; you may keep it, and-keep from me" (801). ... "He gazed, and felt, for him, all beauty lay buried with her forever" (799). ... Choosing the theme of death in their work was very symbolic in that the role of woman as the servant to the husband was dying to give birth to the free, independent women. ... "Where are the people, O Lord...And the dead whom once I knew?" ...
- Word Count: 1554
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School