In the first poem (Soliloquy I), the poet tells us that a dead man should not be like “carrion” that is wobbling roped upon a cart that can make everyone who see it feel sick about that (line 10-13). He argues in his first poem that a dead man should be dead naturally and beautifully in a peace (line 11-12). Yet, as what I have stated before, in his second poem (Soliloquy II), he tries to deny his own argument. If we see in his biography, the opinion that makes him denies his own opinion in Soliloquy I is because he has entered the army field. There he can feel that someone who died in the war is more beautiful than anything that cannot be compared to any other work of famous people (Francis Goya and Michael Angelo).
The poems are actually arranged by theme to give a sense of how the writers’ feelings and attitudes evolved. In Soliloquy I, Richard images the death of men (soldier) are something which is very in vain and not important at all since they just need to face it when it comes to them. They are no longer afraid of the death itself. Nevertheless, this condition of a death men apparently makes Richard feel annoyed as he stated in his poem “but, the way they wobble! God, that makes one sick” (line 9-10). In contrast, in Soliloquy II, Richard, who has entered the army, looks begin to appreciate a man (soldier) who died in a war. In this poem (Soliloqui II) we can feel that he began to respect a man who die in a war and stop saying that it was kind of sickening things. He may learn more after entering the army field that a man who become an army and passed away in the war place deserved a respect form all people because they have sacrificed their lives to protect the nation.
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