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Prospice by Robert, Browning, , Fear death?—to feel the fog in my throat,, , The mist in my face,, , When the snows begin, and the blasts denote, lam nearing the place,, , The power of the night, the press of the storm,, The post of the foe;, , Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible, form,, , Yet the strong man must go:, , For the journey is done and the summit, attained,, , And the barriers fall,, , Though a battle’s to fight ere the guerdon be, gained,, , The reward of it all., , | was ever a fighter, so—one fight more,, , The best and the last!, , | would hate that death bandaged my eyes and, forbore,, , And bade me creep past., , No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my, peers, , The heroes of old,, Scanned with CamScanner
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Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's, arrears, , Of pain, darkness and cold., , For sudden the worst turns the best to the, brave,, , The black minute's at end,, , And the elements’ rage, the fiend-voices that, rave,, , Shall dwindle, shall blend,, , Shall change, shall become first a peace out, of pain,, , Then a light, then thy breast,, , O thou soul of my soul! | shall clasp thee, again,, , And with God be the rest!, , Scanned with CamScanner
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Summary, , The poet is not at all afraid of the physical, —, _loubtes that come at the time of, death. Though he may feel set Sation (fog) in, , his throat, a heaviness in his vision and a cold, , , , numbness creeping over his body, all showing, that death is very near, yet he is not at all, , ~arreeiof death. Thesesymptome of death, cannot unnerve him. He may find it difficult to, breathe and hard to see because of his blurred, vision, yet it is his duty as a strongmartogo, forward and face with fortitude and courage, , the severities and pains at the time of death., , em, , During the course of our lives, we engaged in, various kinds of activities and have achieved, various kinds of honours and distinctions. We, choose difficult adventures and take pleasure, in overcoming them. There we prove the, unconquerable nature of our spirit. But all the, honours and glories which we acquire in life, are only an introduction to our last fight with, death. Like competitors in a race who are, awarded prizes at the end of the struggle,, , there wards that await, come to us only after, Scanned with CamScanner
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death has been overcome., , The poet says that death cannot treat him as a, , tite does not want any mercy at the, , hands of death..He will face death like a bold, , man and not like a coward., , ee, , The poet says that throughout his life he has, struggled with the numerous odds and, , difficulties of life. He has been a fighter in his, a eee, , Jife Be will gladly fight the last battle of his, , life with death. This battle against death would, , , , be the final battle of his life. It will also be the, best battle because soon after death he wil, , reach the kingdom of God and meet his, , Belovedwife.> a SOS—S—, , ~ Earthlylife is completed by our going to, Gon where all the “broken arcs” are made, , into ‘perfect rounds’ The same idea is, , conveyed here in these lines in a somewhat, , different way. Browning says that event, heroes of antiquity had ath and, , it bravely. We ordinary people should derive, , inspiration from them and be prepared to meet, [a a anise." coneeee eee eel, , death bravely and cheerfully like them. If we, , — ————— we, do SO, We Can overcome it in one minute. It is, , lika aur firet nliinaa inta tha eald af daath, Scanned with CamScanner
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water which is painful. Thereafter it is, pleasant to be in the water.Also, death, , squares up all human accounts., , Death appears to be frightening only when we, are afraid of it. As a matter of fact, even the, worst moment of death becomes enjo, , and appears to be the best to those who have, , got courage in them. After all through death, , we pass into another life and pass into Heaven, ———_—, , ‘if we are brave-Shortly before death one feels, , as if a storm were blowing, it Were relied an., in the mind of the man about to die it appears, , as if demons were standing ready to take him, to hell. But all this disturbance of the mind and, heart gradually decreases. One feels a peace, pervading through his entire personality. This, peace then gives place to the feelings of joy., God and ultimately with the help of this light, , he is united with the one he loves., , , , Analysis, , Ae #rospice’ first appeared in, Dramatist Personace in 1864. His wife had, died in 1861. The poem is a tribute to her, , memorv. It has heen reaarded as one of the, Scanned with CamScanner
