Poetry Essay on Funeral Blues & The Triumph of Death

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Poetry Essay on Funeral Blues & The Triumph of Death

        The title of the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ tells me that it has something to do with death straight away because of the word Funeral. As everyone knows this is associated with death. The word ‘Blues’ reminds me of death because I remember the sad kind of tune that Blues music conveys and it reminds me of a loss of something. ‘Funeral Blues’ is a negative sort of atmosphere. I feel this by the tone of voice the narrator uses and you can almost see the anger building up inside of her. The poem, ‘The Triumph of Death’ reminds me of death because of the actual word death. The actual meaning of the ‘Triumph of Death’ means that death wins over life. This is a very positive attitude.

        The narrator of ‘Funeral Blues’ is a female whom has lost someone she treasures and loves a lot. I know this because she says, ‘Stop all the clocks’ which to me means she is trying to stop time so that she can have some time to herself, to think things through about what she is going to do now her loved one has gone. The narrator of the ‘Triumph of death’ is most probably Shakespeare but no one really knows. From reading his poem I can see that he doesn’t want his loved one to cry or be upset about his death. I know this as soon as I read the first line because it says ‘No longer mourn for me when I am dead’.

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        The tone for ‘Funeral Blues’ is solemn. I feel this because she is very upset about the loved one she has lost, and she is trying to tell the world how tragic it would be to loose someone you love so dearly in your heart. The theme for ‘The Triumph of Death’ is the opposite because William doesn’t want people to worry about him when he has gone, but do the complete opposite and be happy he has gone to a better place which he prefers.

        Death will affect the person whom is caring for the loved one on ‘Funeral ...

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