rsh, and so it helps to make this sentence an instruction again. In the title and the rest of the poem, pentameter rhythm has been employed. The poem becomes very structured because of this, therefore adding clarity to Thomas emotions. It also makes some lines more inevitable (we can guess what the framework of the next line shall be) even the single syllable rhyming structure is regimented with only two alternative rhymes. This predictability corresponds to the inevitability of death. Everyone dies eventually. The fast rhythm of the poem also links to death. The majority of the words are only one syllable, and as it is written in the villanelle form, the tercets are very short and quick to read. Additionally, alliteration in the recurring title helps to increase the pace too. The speed we read at depicts the quickness at which his father is approaching death. It arguably also reminds us again that death is inevitable - it will come to everyone eventually. Even the word choice deliberately fits in with the topic of death. Line thirteen is one of the best examples of this:Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sightGrave in this sentence, not only relates to the persona of the men, but also relates to death a grave is a hole dug to bury a corpse. Thomas has also applied frail and green in line eight to the central subject:Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bayFrail may remind one of the frailty of an old man approaching death. The use of green is not quite as simple though. This could relate to death in two ways. If we take green bay literally then we have to consider what has made this bay green. Algae often create a green-blue discolouration of water. This represents death because algae produce quickly and can cover large areas of water, which stops light and oxygen reaching animals and plants underneath eventually killing them. The use of the word green on its own also relates to death. In modern films, green is o...
