The three main poems, "Remember", "A mother in a refugee camp" and "Do not go gentle into that good night" all evoke the emotion of death but have all different techniques to achieve this. These poems share common threads and similarities, but also show contrasts in their attitudes towards death. “Poem to the Thirty-Nine,” “The Emptiness,” and “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Cry” also express the emotion of death, sharing similarities with the main poems, but also contrasts in their attitudes toward death. Death is expressed through the use of tone in each of the poems. The tone of “Remember” in the octet is demanding. She asks her partner to remember her when she is gone. However, he changes significantly during the second half, where his attitude fluctuates and becomes much more forgiving and hopeful. The tone of the octet is intense because the speaker is distressed and wants to be remembered after his death. The intense tone is highlighted by the use of “gone away”. The word “gone” creates the feeling of loneliness and disparity. The speaker also uses the word “far” which suggests a long distance he will travel. The extended distance he refers to is death. The “gone far” effect suggests that there will be no form of communication and it will not be possible to reach or see it, which implies death. Furthermore, the repetition of the words “Remember me” highlights her urgency and desire to be remembered. Instead of simply asking the addressee to remember it, the speaker is, in fact, ordering him to remember it; he is forcing himself on the recipient, which demonstrates insistence and a desire to be remembered. The speaker also mentions the phrase: “It will be late then to counsel or pray.” The speech... in the center of the card... has the same meaning that all of this is important. “A Mother” and “The Vacuum” have a similar rhyme scheme and rhythm in the way they use free flow and let their thoughts flow continuously to create the greatest emotional effect possible. In conclusion, the poems “Remember”, “To a Mother in a Refugee Camp”, “Do not go gentle into that good night”, express the emotion of death but different techniques are used to explore death. Many structures, tones, points different views and many other literary devices are used to explore death in different ways “Poem to the Thirty-Nine,” “The Void,” and “Don't Stand at My Grave and Cry” show connections in how they both interpret death, but they also show the many ways in exploring attitudes towards death The poems have different attitudes towards death, but they also show common threads in how they would like to interpret death.
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