Which lines in this excerpt from William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" best indicate the theme of the poem? So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

Thanatopsis is a lyric which has as fundamental subject the depiction of common and otherworldly contemplations of human passing. In Greek Thanatopsis means "perspective on death".

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topeadeniran2 topeadeniran2 · Answer 2 · 2021-10-28T12:33:02+02:00

The lines in this excerpt from William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" that indicates the theme of the poem is:

Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, sustained and soothed. By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, lies down to pleasant dreams.

A theme is a message that the author wants to pass across to the readers.

Thanatopsis simply refers to a lyric that possesses a fundamental subject of the depiction of common and otherworldly contemplations of human passing. This is illustrated in the sentences given above.

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