Question

Which lines in this excerpt from William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" best indicate the theme of the poem? So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

Answer 1

-Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,

Scourged to his dungeon,

-sustained and soothed

By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,

-lies down to pleasant dreams.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,

Scourged to his dungeon,  

sustained and soothed

By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,

lies down to pleasant dreams.

Explanation:

Thanatopsis is a lyric which has as fundamental subject the depiction of common and otherworldly contemplations of human passing. In Greek Thanatopsis means "perspective on death".