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... By ordering to “stop all the clocks”(l 1), the speaker means stop the time, stop the only thing that Man is incapable of touching; therefore, he suggests to intervene with what is of divine nature. ... This image is a mockery of religious beliefs because the sky is symbol of divinity, and it is being littered by man. From a different view, God has created man incapable of flying, and by these aeroplanes, the speaker implies that man steps over the boundaries set by religion. ... Since this elegy is mourning the death of the speaker’s friend, of the speaker’s lover, he believes that no one has cared for that man more than he has, and so no one can feel the same loss as him.
Approximate Word count = 697 Approximate Pages = 2.8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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