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Sweet Thames

In the poem, The Waste Land, there are many images given that help to allude to a deeper meaning and give a hidden feeling to what is being read. In the third part of the poem, the lines “Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.” (Part III, line 5) give the feeling of mourning and gloom. This feel is directly related to the lines that follow which talk about crying and death. The mood for the rest of the part has dark and ominous setting because of this line. The image is added to by the lines that precede it as well. It uses the words “Clutch” as in a last grasp of life before death and “sink” as in dying (line 2). The main theme, however, is the river Thames. This is the river that the dead souls go to before crossing over to death. By saying that this person wants the river to run softly before the song ends indicates that he is almost dead, and after his story has been said, he will be ready to accept death. Death in itself is a very dark topic.......

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