Bryant uses images of coffins, tombs, and graves to develop the idea of death. The poet paints a scary picture of death using words such as agony, shroud, and shudder:
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall.
And breathless darkness, and the narrow house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart—
He describes the "stern agony" of dying and uses words such as shroud and pall to suggest the cloth wrapped around dead bodies and caskets. Bryant also draws comparisons between the freedom and space of nature and the narrow confinement of coffins.
He further explains how nature acts as a "great tomb of man" as everyone gets mixed up in the earth after dying.
Credited directly from Plato
Anthropomorphism<span> is the attribution of </span>human<span> traits, </span>emotions, and intentions to non-human entities <span>and is considered to be an innate tendency of </span><span>human psychology. </span>
A) When will you be able to meet for lunch, Grandpa Henry?
He wants people to support him. He sought to emphasize the historic nature of the events at Pearl Harbor, implicitly urging the American people never to forget the attack and memorialize its date.
