The Suicide
Write a study about a poem based on death and describe the hints within the poem the poet gives to the cause of death. Comment also on any lines in the poem in which the internal characters miss the point the poet is trying to get through.
The poem "The Suicide" by Louis MacNeice is a mind-expanding and touching poem based around the poets work experiences and sequentially describes the aftermath of the death of his former office colleague, who met his fate by suicide. I feel melancholied having read this poem and it leaves in the mind blanks for the reader to answer.
For my first point of view I am going to show an example of the many humorous lines in the poem in which is made humorous by the internal characters missing the main point:
" And this, ladies and gentlemen, whom I am not in fact
Conducting, was his office all those minutes ago"
These lines are the introduction to the poem and gives a mental vision of a Holiday rep showing holiday makers a landmark of......
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