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In Thomas’ "," he depicts the inevitability of death through repetition and diction. Furthermore, he portrays the stages of man’s life in his comparison to "good men, "wild men," and grave men." Finally, Thomas’ medium of poet ....

Middle of Essay
.... war between life and death. The old man went back and forth between life and death as the stanzas’ last lines switched back and forth. In the end, the two last lines join together as the old man and his son accept that death is a part of life. Next, the references to "good men," "wild men," and "grave men" display the three basic stages of life: birth, life, and death. In stanza three, the stanza pertaining to "good men," the portion "the last wave by" depicts the old man’s generation as fewer and fewer still live. The color symbolism of the "green bay" lets us know that the sp ....