Marriage and Lovers

An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife By Richard Crashow Richard begins his song with addressing lovers who are dead and whom death gathered them one more time, or, as it were, wedded them again, and this is a metaphor, in which, he resembles dying to conducther to get married again. The grave that the lovers are in is the second marriage-bed, this is also a metaphor. The lovers will fade away, for separating soul and body is the fates job which is obligatory however, desting hind end not sever husband and wife because they weather once.Now the poet wants readers to calm work through because the lovers are not dead, they are sleeping like innocent turtles, this is an image, in which, he resembles the sleeping of the lovers to the turtles, for turtles are innocent and never commit each bad thing. The only reason that lets them sleep together is love knot, lovers cannot abide away, for love knot gathers them together. The lovers have to sleep until the end of fates job which is vi ctorious away peoples purport, they have to sleep until the dawn shines, and then all life will be daytime only without night as in paradise.When the storm stops, and the shining dawn comes, the lovers will sleep with happiness and enjoys eternity. commentary This poem is entitled An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife by Richard Crashow, a metaphysical poet. The metaphysical poetry is unusual poetry that is behind logic. In this poem, Crashow tries to bring back a misconception, in which, lovers fade away after being dead, he declares that they are just asleep, they do not die but live immortality. This poem enjoys rhyme as in wed ,bed , wife ,life , deception ,tie and light, night.