![]() These men, too, fight death in hopes of leaving a lasting legacy. Despite their virtue, their deeds remain "frail" and haven't stood out sufficiently as a strong, massive wave in a calm bay would. In the third stanza, the speaker adds that “good men,” too, stand against death for similar reasons. The speaker continues to use natural imagery in this second stanza, likening the failure of words to leave a mark on the world to an inability to "fork," or redirect, lightning. He states that “wise men” know that death is ultimately right, but that they nonetheless combat it because they haven’t left enough of a mark on the world. The speaker opens with a command, addressing an unknown listener, to resist dying peacefully and instead to fight hard against death, despite its inevitability, using night and day as metaphors for death and life. ![]()
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