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The Way Joe Brainard describes Death

The way Joe Brainard describes death

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58250/death-56d23c74e8276

The poem that I chose explores the topic of death. I think the topic isn't something I avoid, but I think this poem portrays it in a way that faces death headfirst that is completely unfamiliar. Most people think about what happens after death, but rather than thinking about those possibilities, Joe Brainard almost minimizes what death should be thought of as, describing it more as an event or statistic. I really enjoyed his light satire and sarcasm throughout the poem. He tries to make learning and understanding the aftereffects of death this more lighthearted thought, and he definitely views it in a way extremely unfamiliar to me. Rather than talking about the importance of death and what it means, he rather says it's an extremely normal thing that happens to everyone.

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