Consolation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Addressing Duperrier after his daughter's death, the speaker acknowledges her charms and questions whether her father's grief must last forever. He compares her brief life to a rose's bloom, reminds Duperrier that death spares neither poor people nor kings, and urges acceptance of God's will as the way to rest.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Elegiac Poetry, Religious Poetry · 334 words
First lines
To M. Duperrier, Gentleman of Aix in Provence, on the Death of his Daughter.
By Francoise Malherbe
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Elegiac Poetry, Religious Poetry
- Length: 334 words
- Structure: 1 section, 9 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Elegiac Poetry — The verses address a father's mourning for his dead daughter and compare her short life to a rose blooming for one morning.
- Religious Poetry — The closing stanza presents acceptance of God's will as the means of finding rest from grief.
Tags
grief · parental bereavement · death · acceptance · God's will