Funeral Blues

This poem is dealing with death once again. This time though, it deals with a couple and one of them has died. It is said that everyone else should show respect and sympathy towards this. It is very straight forward, and easy to understand. There are no phrases or words which could confuse a 10th grade student reader, and none of them are more important than the others. The lines in each stanza emphasize a topic by giving examples of what should happen because of the death. I think that it is really sad how life can end, and how thankful we should be for every day. We shouldn’t just take it as granted, we should appreciate and respect the opportunities we are offered. The days we are healthy and happy, count so much, and we should regard each and every one as being special.