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- When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,Before high-piled books, in charactery,Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;
- This line sets the theme and what this poem will be about. The fear of death, the speaker has anxiety about dying before achieving all the goals they had in life. The speaker does not like that death is outside of their control. The speaker understands that death is inevitable and that is probably what scares them the most. The speaker wants to keep enjoying the things they love and death will stop them from that.
- The speaker is talking about how they don't want to ever stop looking at the stars and enjoying scenery. This fits the theme with death. The speaker continues on about things they would possibly lose or not be able to enjoy because of death. The speaker wants to enjoy the starry night and the huge clouds forever without death taking it away. The speaker has a looming anxiety about all the things they will lose. They are feeling reminiscent over things they still haven't even lost yet.
- When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,And think that I may never live to traceTheir shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
- The poetic device used in this poem is imagery. Things are explained in detail and the poem builds images in your head to help understand the meaning. Examples of imagery being used in this poem areHuge cloudy symbols of a high romanceHold like rich garners the full ripen'd grainThe reader can imagine these perfectly by the way the speaker has described. It helps to understand how the speaker feels about these things and how much they don't want to lose these things because of death.
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