Dust In The Midnight Analysis
Did you know that about 153,000 will die on your birthday? Although death is the natural process that all living organisms go through, everyone fears and imagines it as something painful and scary. The poems, “Don't Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult ,“Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant , and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas all explore the nature of death, but all have different outlooks.
While all the poems are about death, they all carry a different point. The view on death is different for each poem. For Example, “Don’t Fear The Reaper” holds the point of encouraging to not being afraid of death. Also, “Thanatopsis” is about waiting for death and not worrying about dying, for the time will come when it's ready. Finally, “Dust in the
Wind” is about being like any other person, we all die and we all go through the dying process. Although they are all about death, “Don’t Fear The Reaper” glorifies life. This poem glorifies life in way like telling you to not be afraid to die. The poem informs the readers that everyone dies and many will be there with you. This is proven when the author states “40,000 men and women everyday(Like Romeo and Juliet)”(p2)”. The author is talking about people passing away. He refers to Romeo and Juliet because they were not afraid of death, and took their own lives so they could be happy together. Last, the poem “Thanatopsis” also glorifies life. The poem states “ So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves to that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death(p7)” When the author says this he is trying to tell people to live life to the fullest and to not take the life they were given for granted. Death will come when the time is right and he encourages to live and have no regrets for when that time comes.
While all the poems are about death, they all carry a different point. The view on death is different for each poem. For Example, “Don’t Fear The Reaper” holds the point of encouraging to not being afraid of death. Also, “Thanatopsis” is about waiting for death and not worrying about dying, for the time will come when it's ready. Finally, “Dust in the
Wind” is about being like any other person, we all die and we all go through the dying process. Although they are all about death, “Don’t Fear The Reaper” glorifies life. This poem glorifies life in way like telling you to not be afraid to die. The poem informs the readers that everyone dies and many will be there with you. This is proven when the author states “40,000 men and women everyday(Like Romeo and Juliet)”(p2)”. The author is talking about people passing away. He refers to Romeo and Juliet because they were not afraid of death, and took their own lives so they could be happy together. Last, the poem “Thanatopsis” also glorifies life. The poem states “ So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves to that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death(p7)” When the author says this he is trying to tell people to live life to the fullest and to not take the life they were given for granted. Death will come when the time is right and he encourages to live and have no regrets for when that time comes.