As Plan for Noon and Plan for Night
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As Plan for Noon and Plan for Night - meaning Summary
Life Contrasted with Death
The poem contrasts life and death through simple metaphors of noon versus night and a foot on earth versus a foot on a grave. Life is presented as forward-looking, positive, and engaged with achievement. Death is shown as a backward, finishing gesture—an effort toward conclusion that is weakened and accompanied by a faint, lingering love. The tone is compressed and aphoristic, offering a concise meditation on different orientations toward existence and closure rather than narrative or emotional development.
Read Complete AnalysesAs plan for Noon and plan for Night So differ Life and Death In positive Prospective The Foot upon the Earth At Distance, and Achievement, strains, The Foot upon the Grave Makes effort at conclusion Assisted faint of Love.
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