Against This Death- I. Layton

It is lovely also.

I would like to hear your thoughts, first.

(I think) The poet is talking about peoples lives rather than their deaths -
especially the final parts of their lives. He sees people live everyday sort of lives, repetitive, prediticable, safe and that their death is served up in the same way. They die, predictable, people come and go.

The second paragraph seems to be talking about an individual life. People's lives on the outside seems pretty much the same overall, but when you look deeply into an individual life, it is completely unique and wonderful. They are trying to make the most of their time, even though they know that inevitably they are going to die - but at least they are going to fight the inevitability of death and make the most of life.

What do you think dlowan?

Irving layton touches on this theme in "snivelization"-what he means is people behave as if they're not really alive, but "civilized"-and that they're wasting their lives.