ith the way that the rest of society sees the funeral.The atmosphere is mournful set along and avenue of cypresses which are traditionally trees of mourning. The priests are wearing gold and black which are heavy definite colours to represent the finality of death. The villagers crowd silently to wistfully watch at the banner of death, and the mystery. They arent really concerned about comforting the family and paying their respects to the person that has passed away at all, the only reason why they are there is because its something to do, and something to gossip about. The funeral to them is almost like a drama, they have a chance to get dressed up in their traditional funeral clothes and parade along with whats going on.The true emotion is shown by the immediate family, at the foot of the grave the father stands with a sunken head, and forgotten, folded hands. This shows simple grief, its as though he has no strength anymore as he is so full of grief that he has forgotten about his own hands in prayer. The mother is also at the foot of the grave, she kneels with a pale shut face as she neither hears or feels. This could show that she is so shocked and numb that she has shut down completely, and is isolated from others and doesnt need to communicate as she is so absorbed in her own grief and sadness.Lawrence is saying that there is hope in family life and that it is where true emotions and feelings lye. The mother and father showed this as they were the only ones at the graveside of their child, whereas everyone else was superficially following a procession for the sake of curiosity, and for something to do. Lawrence seems to be criticising society in all the poems for the views that they possess, as in each poem it is the voice of society that dictates and disrupts peoples lives. Its as though people cannot be free to do as they please, they have to follow a set of unwritten rules in order to be accepted. Lawrence finds this annoying...
