I+Have+a+Rendezvous+With+Death*

At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air— I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair.
 * I Have a Rendezvous With Death***

It may be he shall take my hand And lead me into his dark land And close my eyes and quench my breath— It may be I shall pass him still. I have a rendezvous with Death On some scarred slope of battered hill, When Spring comes round again this year And the first meadow-flowers appear.

God knows 'twere better to be deep Pillowed in silk and scented down, Where love throbs out in blissful sleep, Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath, Where hushed awakenings are dear... But I've a rendezvous with Death At midnight in some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year, And I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that rendezvous.

- Just by simply looking at the title of the poem, the reader knows that the speaker won't be taking death too seriously. - There's a sense of war and battle established from the very beginning with the mention of the "barricade". - Overall, there seems to be a calm tone associated with the poem as the speaker doesn't seem to be disturbed by the idea of death. - Seeger personifies death, which is ironic because it brings death 'alive'. The speaker states that "[death] shall take my hand" and rendezvous is normally utilized to characterize a human situation. - When the speaker says "I shall not fail that rendezvous" it seems as if death is something that needs to be done, or something that needs to happen. This could relate back to the speaker's allusions to war and how he has made a promise to fight for his country, even if it means risking his life.
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