Post #9: Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep

Stanza Analysis of:

Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1932)

"Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die." 

Stanza Analysis:

 1. In the first six lines of the poem, the speaker states a message for her friends and family to hear after she dies. In spirit, she is still with them. The beautiful and mundane aspects of nature are what her spirit lives on in for her family and friends to see.

2. In the last six lines of the poem, she basically states that in the morning's quiet, she is the acts that take place in nature. She wants everyone to know that they should live each day, jubilantly, and know that at her grave, she did not die, but moved on to another form of existence.

 Sources: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep/ 
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