ENGL 2040 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mount Vesuvius, Transcendentalism
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I died for beauty but was scarce. When one who died for truth, was lain. Summary : the narrator has died for beauty and is entombed, when a man who meets the same fate is place in an adjoining tomb beside her; he. He mentions that they are one, and are thus brethren . They talk between rooms passing time as the moss continues to grow, and cover the names engraved on their tombs, as well as their lips preventing them from speaking. Symbolizes mother nature taking back what she demands (in her own time). The poem turns from a comfortable setting to silence. Shows the powerlessness of the human condition. The two seem fairly content about their grim situation. The two claim that they failed (died?) for beauty and for truth. They sacrificed their mortal lives for these immortal attributes (beauty and truth).
