"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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However, line 30 relates back to the epigraph, where a handful of dust, or sand, dooms Sybil to an extremely long life, but one barren of beauty and pleasure. It also brings to mind "ashes to ashes, dust to dust," alluding to man's | However, line 30 relates back to the epigraph, where a handful of dust, or sand, dooms Sybil to an extremely long life, but one barren of beauty and pleasure. It also brings to mind "ashes to ashes, dust to dust," alluding to man's | ||
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mortality. | mortality. | ||
