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Once, as I was burying one of my dead selves, the grave-digger came by and said to me, “Of all those who come here to bury, you alone I like.” 

Said I, “You please me exceedingly, but why do you like me?” 

“Because,” said he, “They come weeping and go weeping--you only come laughing and go laughing.”

 

Figurative Language

 

Metaphor:

  • "my dead selves"

 

Software Findings Reoccurring Words

  • Come, Said, Laughing, Like

  • With these findings  we can conclude that this piece may be about happy and sad times that come upon us. 

 

Interpretation

My interpretation of "The Grave-Digger" revolves around our inner freedom and how it can only be attained if you let go of the past. We must sacrifice our sufferings for greater times. 

THE GRAVE DIGGER

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