THANATOPSIS “Thanatos” = death / personifcation of death

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THANATOPSIS “Thanatos” = death / personifcation of death “Opsis” = way of seeing Thanatopsis = a way of looking at death

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Lines 1-17 Who is the speaker? Audience? What literary device is used in lines 4-8? What is the tone? (see handout for ideas) What images of death are included? Summarize briefly the first stanza through the words “Comes a still voice”

Share at your table groups for a minute Share at your table groups for a minute. Check your summaries, and fix if needed. I’ll call on you…

In partners again: Lines 17-57 Has the tone changed? Identify some tone words. According to lines 25-26, what happens when you die? In lines 31-37, what response is offered to those who fear the solitude and indignity of death? Explain the literary device used in lines 40-45. Summarize briefly

Share out

In partners Line 58-72 In lines 55-66, what particular human fear is being addressed? What comfort does Bryant offer? Summarize

Last stanza! Who is the speaker? What is the tone? Summarize

WHOLE POEM What makes this romantic literature? What’s the message? Theme?