Death Doesn’t Discriminate—Lily Caswell

 In Larkin’s poem Aubade, the theme is very morbid. One of the quotes that really stood out to me from this poem is “Courage is no good: it means not scaring others. Being brave lets no one off the grave. Death is no different whined at than withstood.” I think that humans naturally think about death from time to time simply because it’s such a common occurrence. It also reminded me of Hamilton when Burr says “Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints. It takes and it takes and it takes.” 


What did y’all think?


I commented on Isabelle’s and Emory’s posts.

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  1. Emory CooperJanuary 31, 2022 at 10:59 PM

    Hey Lily, you make a good point. I noticed this quote, too, and it reminds me of the Book Ecclesiastes, where the Preacher talks about all being vanity. He seems to say that one reason all is vanity is because all men are on their way to death, independent of how they sought to live their lives. "All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath" (Ecc. 9:2). Good post!

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  2. Braylan StringfellowFebruary 1, 2022 at 7:57 AM

    This reminds me of the saying, “there are two guarantees in life, death and taxes.” While taxes do discriminate, death certainly doesn’t. I think that death is the ultimate humbling experience because it will always take you no matter what.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2022 at 9:40 AM

    Personally love the Hamilton reference. I agree since death will most likely come to us all. There is no way around it like paying taxes.

    -Madalyn Dillard

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  4. Samantha TFebruary 2, 2022 at 12:40 PM

    That stood out to me as well Lily. There seems to be a theme of equality in death throughout Larkin and Auden's poems. I'm wondering if the other poets from this time period are going to be just as dark. -Samantha Tedder

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