Death the Leveller
It must be in the year 1956 that I was first introduced to poet James shirley by my English Teacher at Victoria School, Singapore. I was 16 then but, even at that age I could understand the deeper meaning of this lovely piece of poetry. Please read this poem aloud and note the rhythm of the words and the perfectness of the stanzas. Note also that death has been personified as a human being and Death is a very fair person because he levels the playing field. Whether one is rich or poor, king or peasant, good or evil, the […]
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