An Epitaph
An Epitaph is a poem composed by Walter de la Mare. He is known for his
sensitive concerns with the world of children. This poem is the depiction of the
most beautiful lady of the western world. The poet says that nothing is permanent
in the world. Everything is temporary. One who is born is to die. Death spares none
consequently the beautiful lady dies one day. Now she is in her tomb. No body now
remembers her. Only the poet remembers her. The poet again shows his sense of
transitoriness of the world by asking the people that who will remember the lady
after the death of the poet. Thus, we see that the poet emphasises the transitoriness
of the world.
Fire-Hymn
The poem 'Fire-Hymn' has been composed by Keki N. Daruwala. Keki N.
Daruwala is an Indo Anglian poet. He is a Parsi. In this poem, the poet describes a
ghat where dead body is went. One day the poet is wandering with his father nearby
a ghat. He sees the red-hot embers still glowing many hours after a dead body has
been cremated. He is shocked. Parsi instead of cremating their dead bodies carry it
to the "Tower of silence" to put there in. He is horrified to see such cruel act. The
poet once twenty five years back had consigned his first child to the flames because
the 'tower of silence' was far away from his residence. The poet says that to burn a
dead body is an inhuman act. He regrets that he had consigned his child to the fire.
He says that he has committed a sin by doing this inhuman cruel act. He asks
forgiveness.
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