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For this assignment I chose to write about “The Hill� by Edgar Lee Masters. “The Hill� is included in “The Spoon river anthology� was one of Masters’ most famous works. The poem I chose is unique in its subject in that it idolizes how the lives of the deceased were portrayed. While most would be turned off by the idea of writing about epitaphs and the reasons behind the death of humans, Masters was able to successfully take what is normally a cheerless subject and translate that sorrow to curiosity.
The poem begins by comparing four men who stem from different walks of life. One weak of will, one strong of arm, another a clown, one a boozer and the last a fighter. While during their life they were very different men Masters points out that they are all still residing on the same hill in the same graveyard. He makes a position several times throughout this poem that regardless of what you did while you were alive, when you die you will ultimately be forever sleeping......

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