This piece definitely takes the audience away to many different places: a cemetery, all four seasons, nature, then back to the cemetery.
Whenever a poet can take you to a place that you weren’t even imagining before, I believe that they have transformed their poem into a work of art. The imagery that the writer providers her audience is fantastic, you can definitely see the images that she is present– but more importantly, you can feel what she is presenting. Post navigation Previous post: ← A Man Said to the Universe Next post: THE William Carlos Williams →īaaah- I really love this! The rhyme scheme is really great and does every line a great deal of justice. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged bedell, passion, poem, RCL1213 on Februby Anna Lombardo. Until then, enjoy the wonderfulness on your screen! Next week, I’m thinking you’ll get to meet a really cool guy named William Carlos Williams (doesn’t he have an awesome name?!). It is divine, and I honestly am just in love with it. Tell me how you’re feeling by the last line!Īnyway, to sum up, this is poetic beauty in its purest form. Also a sad song came up on my iPod just now so maybe that’s a part of it. The confidence of Frye’s tone in this poem comforts me so powerfully that I get caught up in all the emotion.
Or maybe that’s just me, which is really embarrassing but it’s the truth. The wind, the snow, the rain, the grain- they’re all simple but powerful elements.Īnother reason why this is amazing: by the end of it, you want to cry. She doesn’t use any complicated or fancy language she sticks with simple words, maybe to stress that death is simple. There aren’t any awkward lines with too many or too few syllables, and the rhymes are simple but effective. First off, the rhyme scheme and rhythm of this poem are in perfect harmony. Wow…do you feel it? I get chills every time I read it. So…I apologize in advance for it being slightly morbid but it is probably my all-time favorite poem and it is just beautiful so ignore the sappiness for these wonderful twelve lines. This poem, written by Mary Elizabeth Frye in 1932, has become a popular poem to be read at funerals. Lastly, the screen fades to black and the last lines fade in white and then back to black.I’m going to preface this post by warning you all that it is a little sappy and sad. Finally, it fades back to white the gravestone reappears with the words "Do not stand at my grave and cry" above and below it. Another color change to the night sky with white stars and words. The lines fade in and out as do two birds. The next line comes up from above and the sky changes to a light blue. Next, it fades to a hazy yellow color maybe, or some color to represent the morning. I was hoping to use the same strategy as the snow. Clouds come cover the sun and the grain fades away. Next, the scene fades back to white and a sun and grain plant appear while the words fade in. Once again the words fade in but in white now. For this, I was thinking of possibly creating a png file of lots of white circles and moving that down the page instead of creating a bunch of individual circles through CSS. The screen would then fade to a navy color and small white circles would fall. After that faded out the next line would come in from the left with some wavy lines to imitate wind. Next, it would zoom into the gravestone in which the next line would appear. I wanted to start this project with just a grave and tombstone, then the words, Do not stand at my grave and weep, would fade into the top and bottom of the screen. I chose a poem called Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Story Click HERE for animated story POSTMORTEM Poem: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye