Death in Poetry

Theme Based Poetry Essay
To what extent are there common threads in the poems you studied this year?
Refer to a range of poets and poems in your answer.

Poetry is the window into life; it allows readers to read different perspectives on different themes. Death is a universal theme; everyone will experience death, whether it is the death of a loved one or their own. Consequently, everyone has a different perspective on death. Poets such as, John Shaw Neilson, James McAuley, Gwen Harwood, Peter Porter, A.D. Hope and Barcroft Boake, use different poetic techniques to convey their perceptions of death. Their poems share the common theme death, however each convey different ideas and perceptions through the use of different poetry techniques.

Porter in An Exequy portrays death as a time of despair and grief, and the pain in remembering the deceased. In this ode, written some 30 years ago, he uses imagery to convey his experience with death.
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