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Summary Of Tim Mcgraw's Poem 'Live Like You Were Dying'
Tim McGraw's song, "Live Like You Were Dying" relates to William Bryant's poem, "Thanatopsis" because they both focus on living life to the fullest, so that when death strikes it will be welcomed and not feared. McGraw speaks of a friend who was told recently that he had cancer. Afterwards, instead of becoming fearful of the, "breathless darkness" (Bryant line 12), the man decided to go and accomplish everything he always wanted to do. Unfortunately the man realized that if he were to die then he would not be satisfied with the accomplishments in his life. As a result the man accomplished many great things such as, "skydiving, ...rocky mountain climbing,... [and riding] 2.7 seconds on a bull" (McGraw lines 52-54). In other words the man did
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