Meaning

=A Psalm of Life= This poem starts out with a pessimistic outlook on life dealing with death. But it quickly changes into a different perspective; that of one who wants to live life to the fullest and not look at death as an end point. Longfellow seemed to want to show that he didn’t want for people to be stuck with one idea or place but to expand on what we know and get further in reaching our everyday goals. It says not to forget that we are not here on earth forever. So we need to take life carefully and seriously and live each day at a time. We need to do great things here in our time so that we leave a better understanding of the world and life for those of the future. How would you like to be remembered, is a question that comes up when reading this poem.

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 * Life and Death

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