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I Have a Rendezvous with Death
What is the theme of "I Have a Rendezvous with Death"?
The poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" has, at its central theme, the inevitability of death particularly when one has given one's life in the pursuit of something that can only be obtained by...
I Have a Rendezvous with Death
Under what conditions does the poet expect to meet his death?
The poet expects to meet his death “when Spring comes back with rustling shade.” The refrain of the poem reinforces this expectation through the use of parallelism (specifically, anaphora, which...
I Have a Rendezvous with Death
Can you tell me the meter in the poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" by Alan Seeger?
The meter of the poem is iambic tetrameter. "Iambic" refers to the weak/strong pattern of rhythm in the syllables in the lines. "Tetrameter" refers to the number of rhythm units (feet) in the...