The poem
DOES the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow, dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn.
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? Those who have gone before. Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? They will not keep you waiting at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak? Of labour you shall find the sum. Will there be beds for me and all who seek? Yea, beds for all who come.
I have read the poem.I think that it is a frank and delicate meditation on death in rhyming quatrains.Life is here presented as a long, tiring uphill journey toweards the ''dark hours'' of death.This journey makes a man weak and worn out.But after death,the soul reaches heaven where God is ready to give peace and rest to the battered soul.This is a very beautiful and significant poem.
I really liked this poem. I was wondering if anyone had some feelings about this poem if you do could you email me i wanted to compare some things together about different people for a school project. My e-mail is [email removed] thank you very much.
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I think this poem is about life, and the journeys it holds, not about death. The journeys that we take are often hard and tiring, 'uphill' and 'all day long', but when you get there it's worth it.