Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DE MORTE, by HENRY WOTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mans life's a tragedy: his mothers womb Last Line: And trouble him; then death's his epilogue. Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
Mans life's a Tragedy: his mothers womb (From which he enters) is the tyring room; This spacious earth the Theater; and the Stage That Country which he lives in: Passions, Rage, Folly, and Vice are Actors: The first cry The Prologue to th' ensuing Tragedy. The former act consisteth of dumb shows; The second, he to more perfection grows; I'th third he is a man, and doth begin To nuture vice, and act the deeds of sin: I'th fourth declines; i'th fifth diseases clog And trouble him; then Death's his Epilogue. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW ON HIS MISTRESS, THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA by HENRY WOTTON |
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