There should have been an excerpt posted in this question.
"To give you firmer faith, now trust your eye;Lo! the broad scar indented on my thigh,
When with Autolycus' sons, of yore,
On Parnass' top I chased the tusky boar."
His ragged vest then drawn aside disclosedThe sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed:
Eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed
<span>With tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:"</span>
Good for your mother-in-law
Answer:
it evokes the feeling of honoring the dead
