Going

Question 1

What are the two ideas within the poem?

Answer 1

1. Not directly confronting death
2. when we confront death

Question 2

1 - ‘There is an __ coming in…one never seen before’

Answer 2

evening - Dissapearing light of death + the great unknown that we choose to ignore

Question 3

1 - ‘That lights no __’

Answer 3

lamps - death offers no hope + absolute

Question 4

1 - ‘__ it seems at a distance’

Answer 4

silken - metaphor = when not directly confronting death, we see it as comfortable + natural

Question 5

2 - ‘it brings no __’

Answer 5

comfort - when confronted directly, it brings terror

Question 6

2 - ‘earth to the __’

Answer 6

sky - uncertain of life vs heaven

Question 7

2 - ‘what loads my __ down?’

Answer 7

hands - interrogative tone = seperated/death must be faced alone + uncertain