Epitaphs In Spoon River

Everyone wonders what happens when you become deceased. What if you had the chance to write an epitaph for people to remember you by? Everyone in Spoon River had the opportunity to express their feelings, opinions, and views. In Spoon River Anthology, By Edgar Lee Masters: and my favorite life-themed epitaphs included, Lucinda Matlock, Griffy the Cooper, and Decan Taylor. I found Decan’s poem the most interesting, because I wonder how he hid his addiction all those years. Mr. Taylor was a member of the church and belonged to the party of prohibition. Everyone thought he died from eating watermelon when in reality he died from drinking for thirty years. The epitaph states, “I slipped behind the prescription partition in Trainor’s drug store And poured a generous drink From the bottle marked ‘Spiritus Frumenti’” Life is a great theme for this poem because he lives his life but at the same time doing something he enjoys even though its frowned upon. Life includes being happy so why not do something you like, while living your life.

She was and average lady whom met her husband at a dance and they just connected. They went on to have 12 children, in which eight passed away. It was tough for Lucinda, but she went on and took care of her responsibilities. In Lucinda’s poem it says, “Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys. At ninety-six I had lived enough, that is all And passed to a sweet repose.” This poem demonstrates life because it shows even though things get tough you have to pull through and continue. She lived a long life that was hard to handle but in the end was worth