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Summary of the poem At the Grave of Henry Vaughau.

Answer 1

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April was beginning to show signs of bringing some lovely spring weather when I decided to make my third trip up to Llansantffraed, near Talybont-on-Usk, near Brecon, to visit the grave of Henry Vaughan (1621-1695).  Siegfried Sassoon visited the grave in August 1923 and it inspired him to write one of his best-known post-war poems.  I have taken that poem as the basis for a monograph I'm producing for the Cecil Woolf "War Poets Series", and I'm hoping it will be published in time for the paper, on the same subject, that I'll be giving at the British Poetry of the First World War conference at Oxford in September.  As I'm only a panel speaker, it won't be a long lecture - we are only allowed twenty minutes, which will no doubt be a relief to some of the audience - but it is going to be difficult to cram everything I would like to say into the time available.  You can regard this post as a preview.In the beginning, I had been mystified as to what attracted Sassoon to Vaughan's work at this particular time in his life.  Even allowing for the fact that young men of the early 20th century were not only brought up to be interested in poetry but were familiar with poets that we now regard as old-fashioned and/or obscure, it seemed an odd coupling.  In 1923, Vaughan was far from being a popular poet and it was probably Edmund Blunden who introduced Sassoon to him after they both returned from the First World War and struck up their lifelong friendship.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Sassoon visits the grave of Henry Vaughan. He says near the sound making breeze of river there's a grave made up of green slab. The grave is not noticeable as it is covered under an evergreen tree. In that grave a great silurist Henry Vaughan lies, whose name and works are immortal. since ages the pastures of grave are being washed up by the rain and stars bless it with their lights and the nature itself is looking after the grave.

Then the poet says a great doctor of medicine Vaughan is sleeping in the grave who didn't leave his potraiture behind. Vaughan had thoughts of good deeds and had future vision of great morning. Further the poet describes that here lies a man who has faith, mercy, wisdom and who bore humility for humanity. His influence will prevail for eternity. Sassoon at last says Vaughan's grave tells the definition of heaven and it's peacefullness. Therefore he stands as a pleader infront of the grave.