

E.g., A thousand winds, Diamond glints, Sunlight on ripened grain, Quite birds, Soft stars, etc. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABBCCDDEEFF. Human body or any living entity can be vessel and itcan decease as well,but the ever-going cycle of life is eternal and thus soul is eternal. It just travels and passes from one vessel to another. This particular line conveys strongīut the soul can never die. Line by the use of semi-colon as in twelfth line the poet brings in a new idea and reaffirmation But in this line,there is continuation of Repetitionofthefirstlinetoremindtheaddresseenottocryandweeponthe Reach,butmemoriesalwaysstayinmindandheart. Useofthewordstarisalsometaphoricalasstarsaresituatedfarawayindistantuniversebeyondhumanlyreach. Accordingtooldgrandmothertalesīybecomingastarwhichshinesatnightandremindstheremainedonesoftheĭeceasedone. Thetenthlinedrawscelestialimageryasthepoetcomparesthesoulto Rushandquietness (asrushingalwaysmakessomenoise).

Theoverlappingofeighthlineintoninthlinesuggesttheoppositionalusageof Atthesametimetheuseofthephrase “circledflight” canbeviewedastheĮver-goingcircleoflifei.e., birthtodeathandrebirth. Morninghoursisquite rareasitisgenerallyconsideredthat

“swiftupliftingrush” of“quitebirds” in “circledflight”. “morning’shush” i.e., inthequietnessorsilenceofmorning, thesoulwillbepresentthereinthe Theseventh, eighthandninthlineareconnectedtoĮnjambmenttopostpone themeaningshardtobecontainedin Thesoulbecomeseternal,butthepeopleclosetothedeceasedonetendtomisshis/herpresence (physical). Asonecanunderstandautumncomingīarenessastheleavesturnyellowand shedfromtreesmakingthetree bareandalone. Isdeceased, thesoulofthedeceasedoneisalwaysĮvidentintheever-goingprocessofnature. It is possible that the use ofĭiamond as an adjective gives the soul a specific This is quite paradoxical as unlike wind, glintor flash of light is visible to human eyes. In the fourth line the poet compares the soul to“diamond glints” on snow. This is a very strong imagery as one cannot feel the emotions and The presence of the soul is confirmed in the second line as the poet says that Metaphorical manner containing various imageriesįirst line is too much to be contained in the first line so with the use of enjambment it runs over in Suggest the poet is voicing someone else and Visit or not to stand at grave and weep suggest that portion optimistic in some senses. The title though gives imagery of deathĪnd remorse but there is also a feeling of reassurance and belief because use the The title of the poem mentioned above itself reflects the theme of the poem: death, remorse, reassurance and belief.
