Thanatopsis: An Analysis

Part I of Essay
When you are sad, go visit nature because it will lift your spirits and when you die go pleasantly, for kings also die and nature will tell you that it is still there with you. That is the theme of this poem by William Cullen Bryant. This essay will be set up in three sec ....

Part II of Essay
.... The reader should get the most out of living he/she can possibly get because it is good, and do not be afraid to die but go pleasantly. This is described in lines thirty-one through eighty. The best example of this is when Bryants writes: ..."approach thy grave like one who wraps the drapery of his coach about him and lies down to pleasant dreams"(79-80) This poem has taught the reader that death is not a bad thing. It is just a ticket to a pleasant life after death. So have fun in your life and live life to its fullest. When you ar ....