The poem comprises two stanzas of eight lines each. Instead she creates a mood of acceptance and peace. ![]() These remain unresolved, yet despite this there is no tension in the poem. She also conveys the importance of the connection between the living and the dead, how the wishes of the one who has passed away impacts on the lives of those left mourning them.Īn important feature is the trope of binary opposites, where the speaker and her lover are suspended between alternatives. Rossetti weaves in a range of ideas memory, after-life, the human spirit, hope, patience and reassurance. It mirrors Rossetti’s Remember, which also deals with comforting a bereaved lover. Read "The Emperor of Ice Cream" by Wallace Stevens.In this poem the speaker tries to comfort and reassure their lover after the s/he has died. "The Emperor of Ice Cream" by Wallace Stevens Read "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Old age should burn and rave at close of day "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas With lilies and with laurel they go but I am not resigned." Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind: "I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. To the sorrowful, I will never return," Margaret Mead wrote. Read "Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. "He has outsoar'd the shadow of our night Īnd that unrest which men miscall delight,Ĭan touch him not and torture not again " "Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats" by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" by Mary Elizabety Frye. "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" by Mary Elizabeth Frye Read "Dear Lovely Death" by Langston Hughes. Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,īring out the coffin, let the mourners come." "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Auden wrote "Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come" in this poem selected as a non-secular funeral reading. Read "But Not Forgotten" by Dorothy Parker. Read "The Choir Invisible" by George Eliot. In minds made better by their presence: live Read "Our revels are now ended" by William Shakespeare. "Our revels are now ended" from The Tempest by William Shakespeare Read "When I am Dead, my dearest" by Christina Rossetti. "Sing no sad songs for me," Christina Rossetti wrote in this poem that makes a poignant funeral reading. "When I am dead my dearest" by Christina Rossetti ![]() Here are 16 non-religious funeral readings from poems, submitted for your approval. ![]() ![]() I know that this is a difficult period in your life, but you're doing great. If you're a religious person who has found this article because you need secular funeral readings for someone else's ceremony, thank you for taking the time to plan a service that respectfully honors your loved one's memory. So many people have no idea what happens at a funeral that doesn't involve a faith leader, prayer, and the promise of some form of life after death. Try searching for "atheist funeral," and you'll see what I mean. Folks raised in religious homes often have trouble separating their beliefs from those of the general populace, and that can make it even more difficult for them to begin planning a non-religious funeral. This kind of funeral preparation is of particular importance if you come from a religious family, or are in an interfaith relationship. For the secular crowd, then, collecting non-religious funeral readings, songs, and ceremony information before their final days is essential. Because so much in our cultural ceremonies is geared toward a religious perspective on life and death, it can be incredibly difficult to navigate the funeral planning process when a person without faith ties passes.
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