The Lonely Martyr in Poetry

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This paper explores two particular poems that effectively address society's universal attitude of disregard when faced with tragedy and the lonely, silent horror of death. The paper examines "Musee des Beaux Arts", by W.H. Auden, which sheds some insight into the history of emotional disengagement as it has occurred through the ages. Conversely, it explores Robert Frost's poem, "Out, Out", which describes a powerful, isolated example of the single-minded ambivalence of human nature.

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"This statement lends credence to society's somewhat Darwinian state of mind. The loss was not their own, but perhaps a gritty reminder of how close death can come to one's doorstep. By turning away and seemingly picking up where they left off, they were disconnecting from the eventual certainty of their own demise in an attempt to restore the predictable, comforting rhythm of life."

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