Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep By Mary Elizabeth Frye

The poem I chose to do a close reading essay on was, â€Å"Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep† by Mary Elizabeth Frye. â€Å"Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) is an American poet who remains known today for a single poem-a sonnet of just twelve lines-but it may be the most popular poem in the English language. â€Å"Do not stand at my grave and weep† is a consoling Holocaust poem and elegy with an interesting genesis, since it was written by a Baltimore housewife who lacked a formal education and had quite never written poetry before, and certainly none of note† (The HyperTexts). The tone of this poem is comforting and helps people find comfort with the view of death. This poem uses a lot of imagery, metaphors, and symbolism. Frye’s, â€Å"Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep,† is enlightening people how to handle a death of a loved one while using important parts of the theme such as tone, vocabulary, and overall meaning. The overall tone of â€Å"Do No t Stand At My Grave And Weep† is comforting. A few other words that could also be used to describe this poem’s tone is hopefulness, emotional, warmth, and inspiration. All of these words fit under the word comforting because they all have to do with consoling someone who is trying to get through a hard time. The author, Mary Elizabeth Frye, used this tone in the poem to help the reader get a better understanding of what they need to do to gain comfort from her reading. Frye also uses a lot of imagery, metaphors, and most importantly symbolism in her poem.Show MoreRelatedDeath: Finality or Everlasting Life Essay625 Words   |  3 Pagesthe healing process can begin, the deceased must be laid to rest and this is usually accomplished with a funeral service. Many people choose a piece to be read at these ceremonies, such as W.H. Auden’s â€Å"Funeral Blues† and Mary Elizabeth Frye’s â€Å"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep.† It is quite thought -provoking to compare the poems, since the subject matter is the same, however each of these works views death from a different perspective, one negative and the other positive. Auden’s â€Å"FuneralRead MoreDo Not Stand at My Grave and Weep760 Words   |  3 Pagesimagine it and record the feeling. â€Å"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep,† written by Mary Elizabeth Frye, and â€Å"Seasons in the Sun,† written by Jacques Brel, both cover subjects on the feeling before death. These two masterpieces tell the audience the special feeling before death. â€Å"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep† and â€Å"Seasons in the Sun† differ in emotion, rhetorical device and structuring techniques and artistic conceptions. First of all, â€Å"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep† and â€Å"Seasons in the Sun† employRead MoreHistory Now1070 Words   |  5 PagesPoetry Reading 3: Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allan Poe Reading 4: Because I Could Not Stop for Death, by Emily Dickinson Spring Break No tasks due Friday, 3/30/2012 Reading 5: Full of Life Now, by Walt Whitman Reading 6: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep, by Mary Frye Reading 7: A Stone I Died, by J. Rumi Poetry Quiz, 30 points Begin Unit: Life and Death, Section E, Grammar Connection Section Warm-up: Sentence Types Tutorial: Complex Sentences Review: The Parts of Speech Types of Subordinate