Letter of Dead Response
...ersist without end, and therea re new terrible viruses, beyond the advances of medicine.” All of those things are quite negative and kind of makes the reader feel sad about the way the world is. It is true, there are endless wars and terrible viruses such as cancer that cannot be cured by doctors. He then says, “…and, as always, voluptuous women seducing us with their mouths and legs.” Here I get the feeling of him pointing out more evil in the world, this being the evil of lust. After reading more of the poem, I began to realize that in the beginning of the stanza, the author will changes that are taking place today, then at the end of the stanza he finishes it off by saying something that has not changed. Here for example, “Some astronauts stay in space six months or more, testing equipment and solitude. In each Olympics new records are predicted and in the countries social advances and setbacks.” Then, for the last line of this stanza, the author writes, “…But not a single bird has changed its song with the times.” Here Affonso points out the ordinary things in life that have never changed since the beginning of time. He also does this when he says “…the ants and the bees continue faithful to their work.” This style he has taken on is very enjoyable because it really makes you think about the materialistic...