Death
Death - meaning Summary
Death as Wedding Union
The speaker addresses Death as a long-sought fulfillment and intimate partner. Having borne life’s joys and pains in patient expectation, the speaker frames all love and hope as flowing toward this final meeting. Death is imagined as a bridegroom and the speaker as a bride whose garland is ready, suggesting a willing, ceremonial surrender and a solitary, peaceful union that follows life’s preparations.
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