The central idea of this poem is motivation. Instead of showering a person on deathbed with pity, one should ask them remain brave in the face of death and stay strong for what laid ahead. Epilogue Summary
The central idea of this poem is motivation. Instead of showering a person on deathbed with pity, one should ask them remain brave in the face of death and stay strong for what laid ahead.
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Apostrophe: Being a dramatic monologue, the poet directly addresses a person not present, that is ‘you’, the reader. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘silence of the sleep-time’, and ‘fancies free’. Anaphora: This can be seen with the repetition of ‘Never’ in the begging of the lines ‘Read more
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