Death in Auden’s Funeral Blues, Forche’s Memory of Elena, and Dickinson

Death Reflected in Audens Funeral vapours, Forches Memory of Elena, and Dickinsons Last shadow that She lived Death is a natural and inevitable split up of life. Everyone will experience final stage, whether it is of a loved one or oneself. In W.H. Audens poem Funeral Blues (1003), he describes such a ruinous event and the drastic effect that it has on his life. It is interesting how people use up to accept this permanent and expected event, end. Similarly, Emily Dickinson has written many poems about death, such as The last iniquity that She lived (843), which describes a family waiting for a cleaning woman or girl to die and the dreary and depressed mood that exists at heart the household. Mourning is considered a perfectly healthy reaction when someone who is profoundly loved and cared about passes on, and this is illustrated in The Memory of Elena (1070-71) by Carolyn Forche. She writes about the events quest a funeral and also flashes back to the actual mo ment that a wife has watched her husband die. W.H Audens Funeral Blues, Carolyn Forches The Memory of Elena, and Emily Dickinsons The last Night that She lived are all poems which share death as their subject matter, further differ in the fact that they discuss death in a unique style with a variety of literary devices to make them much effective. Upon reading these poems, I could relate to each(prenominal) strongly on a personal level. Each poem expresses a different view of death and the different stages of acceptance and grieving. When I was younger, my grandmother passed away. I was quite sore of my grandmother and she and I had a close relationship. When she passed away, I was devastated and went through a series of phases and emotions, much like those descr... ...otions are expressed in the poems Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden, The Memory of Elena by Carolyn Forche, and The last Night that She lived by Emily Dickenson. Although each poet writes with his or her own literary techniques, such as rhyme dodging and hyperbole, symbolism and repetition, and dramatic pauses, they all have made the experience of death seem real and personal to the reader, and that is why their works are considered nifty works of modern, contemporary, and classical poetry.Works CitedAuden, W.H. Funeral Blues. Literature. 5th ed. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York McGraw-Hill, 2002. 1003.Dickinson, Emily. The last Night that She lived. Literature. 5th ed. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York McGraw-Hill, 2002. 843.Forche, Carolyn. The Memory of Elena. Literature. 5th ed. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York McGraw-Hill, 2002. 1070-71.