... use of vocabularey. The story that is told in the sonnet is divided up into two different perspectives; the physical state, and the mental or spiritual state. The fist stanza is told in a physical point of view and is an introduction to Felix Randall who is horse farrier. This being ... dead, that he had died from "four fatal disorders" and all Randall's harsh and hardy-handsomeness had been lost in his death by this sickness. The vocabulary which hopkins uses in this stanza, brings out the harshness and the boisterousness of Felix Randall. Oviously a person needs to be strong ... dise...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... "our best men" will embark on death's journey means that many people fear death as being the final chapter of their lives. The following line explains both the physical and spiritual need for death, since it provides "rest of their bones, and soul's delivery" (259); not only will death renew the body, but also the spirit, readying it for the glorious ... return of God and the afterlife. In the next two lines, "Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, / And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell" (259), Donne proposes the idea that death is not mighty, but indeed is a...

• Word Count: 1112
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School