[True_Moose]

Here goes, from a guy in ELA honours

2) Thomas' emotions are the contributing factor to the overall theme. His confusion of emotions such as joy over the life his father led, sorrow, guilt and even anger towards him cause the poem to contrast itself.

These emotions are leading him to tell his father to fight, and grieve over the absolutes of life, such as death. In the third stanza, for example, Thomas reflects on how one's "frail deeds" mean all but nothing after one's death.

[img]tongue.gif[/img] . Glad I'm going into Poli-Sci at university.