Prospice Analysis

Fear death?---to feel the fog in my throat,

The mist in my face,

When the snows begin, and the blasts denote

I am nearing the place,

The power of the night, the press of the storm,

The post of the foe;

Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form;

Yet the strong man must go:

For the journey is done and the summit attained,

And the barriers fall,

Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained,

The reward of it all.

I was ever a fighter, so---one fight more,

The best and the last!

I would hate that Death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,

And made me creep past.

No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers,

The heroes of old,

Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears

Of pain, darkness and cold.

For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave.

The black minute's at end,

And the elements' rage, the fiend voices that rave,

Shall dwindle, shall blend,

Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain.

Then a light, then thy breat,

O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again,

And with God be the rest!

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Prospice by Robert Browning showed how he sees death. For him, dying is like being inside a battleground where you have to fight again. So, he is still not ready to die. He is afraid of death. This maybe because of the death of his wife. In the end, he still submitted his self to God and allowed God to do whatevr He wants. =)

| Posted on 2008-10-15 | by a guest

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I think robert browing means that he was sad for the death of his wife but he also think that he wouldnt have to feel sorry because a strong man must die,I agree ...and also he was afraid to death that he describes how would you feel if you were put into death...thats all thank you

| Posted on 2008-10-07 | by a guest

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He wrote this poem after his wife died and he tells how sad he is that she is gone and he imagines what she must be going thru and tells how he fears death. He doesnt want to die and feels sorry for his wife because she died. I think that is what it's about anyway.

| Posted on 2008-05-13 | by a guest

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i think this poem is about the death of his wife and how he haas to be strong and face up to it and keep living his life as the poem says.. yet the strong must go. i also think that this thing we must do is stupid and this is long enough to be on this page because thats all the poem is about... so anyways hi, how are you? Im good i read this poem for a english thing and it's about i think this poem is about the death of his wife and how he haas to be strong and face up to it and keep living his life. so yah that's it buh bye

| Posted on 2005-09-30 | by Approved Guest