Going Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What are the two ideas within the poem?
A
- Not directly confronting death
- when we confront death
2
Q
1 - ‘There is an __ coming in…one never seen before’
A
evening - Dissapearing light of death + the great unknown that we choose to ignore
3
Q
1 - ‘That lights no __’
A
lamps - death offers no hope + absolute
4
Q
1 - ‘__ it seems at a distance’
A
silken - metaphor = when not directly confronting death, we see it as comfortable + natural
5
Q
2 - ‘it brings no __’
A
comfort - when confronted directly, it brings terror
6
Q
2 - ‘earth to the __’
A
sky - uncertain of life vs heaven
7
Q
2 - ‘what loads my __ down?’
A
hands - interrogative tone = seperated/death must be faced alone + uncertain
