Fragment: Life Rounded with Sleep
The speaker pairs a babe at peace in the womb with a corpse at rest in the tomb, concluding that we begin in what we end.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Philosophical Poetry, Poetry · 31 words
First lines
The babe is at peace within the womb; / The corpse is at rest within the tomb: / We begin in what we end.
Genres
- Philosophical Poetry — Three lines compare the conditions before birth and after death, ending with a compressed claim about life's beginning and end.
- Poetry — The parallel opening lines rhyme womb with tomb before a brief concluding line.
Tags
birth · death · rest · poetic fragment
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Fragment: Life Rounded with Sleep is listed on Textopian as a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, dated Date unknown.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Philosophical Poetry, Poetry
- Length: 31 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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