Tichborne’s elegy
Chidiock Tichborne himself wrote Tichborne’s elegy, in the tower before
his execution. The poem reflects his feeling that he has lived a life
but it has been useless, as fate had always intended him to die this
way.
In the first stanza he compares his attributes to many bad things in
his world “my prime of youth is but a frost of cares,” this line
illustrates that he should have been enjoying his life now rather than
worrying about his death. “My crop of corn is but a field of tares”
shows that he feels he has been given life but it is useless to
everyone. “And all my good is but vain hope of gain” gives you an idea
about how Tichborne feels that fate is pushing down on him, and
anything he tries to improve his life fails.
The second stanza shows Tichborne’s feeling that he has had no
influence on anything “my tale was heard, and yet it was not told”
this is demonstrating that even though his life has happened it was
nothing, another quote that backs up this point is “I saw the world,
and yet I was not seen”. “My fruit has fallen, and yet my leaves are
green;” shows that he is still young yet the prime of his life has
passed. “My thread has been cut, and yet it is not spun;” illustrates
the idea that Tichborne’s life has been given to him but it has not
been fulfilled.
The third and final stanza talks about how his life had been decided
to end this way even before he was born, “I trod the earth, and knew
it was my tomb” this is illustrating the idea that he knew that his
fate was for him to die early. “I sought my death, and found it in my
womb” this shows that when he looked for death he found it in his
life, I expect this is because he is being executed for murder so in
He said that he wanted to be buried right there. He said that he wanted to be free of their father. These are some of the last words that he said.
he “decided that he was going to commit suicide and go around and say his goodbyes”(World
More than forty years after her untimely death, Jane Bannick breathes again--or so it seems while reading about her. Jane's unfortunate death in an equestrian accident prompted one of her professors, the poet Theodore Roethke, to write a moving poem, "Elegy for Jane," recalling his young student and his feelings of grief at her loss. Opinions appeared almost as soon as Roethke's tribute to Jane, and passages about the poem continue to appear in articles and books. Recent writings by Parini, Ross-Bryant, Kalaidjian, and Stiffler disclose current assessments.
...ptly stricken by an illness which landed him in the hospital. He died on April 9, only two months before his 92nd birthday.
His last words were "To come right down to it. If I take the kind of things in which I believe, then add to that the kind of temperament that I have, plus the one hundred per vent dedication I have to whatever I believe in—these are ingredients which make it just about impossible for me to die of old age” (Meyers 28)
actions. "Had I but died an hour before this chance I had lived a blessed time;
A premature death is bad at all times. In this case dying at a young age is bad. Premature death is bad due to the fact that he didn’t get to live long enough. Feldman gives an example of what he thinks. “The real tragedy here is not that he died exactly at t, or that he died as a result of being shot by Ivan; the real tragedy is that he died so young. Thus, P5 should be the focus of our attention (Feldman).” This scenario that occurred is similar to Doe’s death. It was a misfortune that he died relatively young. We should look at p5 and compare that with world five His welfare level would have been higher in world five and this is why premature death may be bad. He could have lived a long and happy life if he didn’t die
no more. "Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessed time; for from
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. . . when He made the world He did not go away and leave it. By Him it was
...fortune, although the person as a subject does not survive his or her death. If he or she had not died, he or she would have continued living and this is further explained by Nagel when he states, “He has lost his life, and if he had not died, he would have continued to live it, and to possess whatever good there is in living” (Nagel, 772). A further reply could be whether the death of a subject is always a misfortune or if it is contingent on the personal or impersonal point of view. Many people celebrate the life of the subject, for what they had accomplished during the number of years that they had lived and do not see death as a misfortune.
had repeatedly come close to death in the war and in surgery and believed that he would
life was a ransom, his death was a payment for our sins. As man sinned
Although he has suffered, his death is the appropriate end at the right time. In
was marked by as much misfortune as was his military career. Not till his later