Do Not Weep! The Uplifting Poem by Mary Frye

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The poem Do Not Weep by Mary Frye is a positive and uplifting poem that worked on many levels and has many appeals, appeal of intelligence, emotional appeal and imaginative appeal. To start of, the poem has an appeal of imagination and has many features that show this. First of, we have numerous metaphors, "I am a thousand winds that blow" and "I am the diamond glints on snow" are examples. These metaphors are indirectly comparing him to the greatness, to the amounts of them, trying to relate to us by telling us how he is everywhere. He might not be here in person but he is all around as used in the metaphors the wind, in the snow, in sunlight that ripens the grains everywhere. Second, the poem has the symbol of "do not stand at my grave and weep/ I am not there" this is a symbol that works on many levels and has many meaning. The first meaning is that he is saying he has past away so therefore he is not there. Not there not meaning physically but virtually. Thus meaning that his body is there but his soul is not. His soul is everywhere. This takes us back to the metaphors used wi...

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