1. Poetry of Victorian Era Poets
... tree, to him, is dead and at this early point of his grief he cannot find any life in the nature surrounding him. The old yew "which grapsest at the stones/ That name the underlying dead,/ Thy fibers net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapped about the bones" (2.1-4). Therefore he sees the tree as an extension of the graves it ... ...
- Word Count: 5237
- Approx Pages: 21
- Grade Level: High School