Bryant's "Thanatopsis" Willia

William Cullen Bryant (1) argues in "Thanatopsis" that one can trust Nature when she tells us that death is inevitable and that it merely represents a return of the human to the Earth "that nourished thee." The ethos inherent in the poem is that man is but an element of all-encompassing Nature û an important element, to be sure, but only one of many aspects of Nature which must invariably return to her embrace. However, despite the inevitability of death, it is no more than another way of being part of Nature. Bryant (2 û 3) admonishes his reader to "live, that when thy summons comes to join/The innumerable caravan, which moves/To that mysterious realm,"àyou will simply "lie down to pleasant dreams." Deat

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Approximate Word count = 507
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)