What is the central idea of the poem An Ode to Death?
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The main idea revolves around the fragility of life. Death and dying is indeed bleak and morose and macabre but that shouldn’t scare one away. Life is incomplete without death. It doesn’t matter which one of them is out to deceive as at the end everyone will get to taste death. The poet highlights the temporality of materialistic life including the human body. With time everything decays and goes back to dust, indicating one goes back to one where it came from. The circle of life takes a complete turn. Life after death is unknown to everyone but so is life. No one knows what will happen tomorrow and whether one will be alive or not. But that doesn’t stop one from dreaming or setting out to achieve their goals. Similarly one shouldn’t worry about death but shoulder on with their lives.
An Ode to Death Summary