Before She Died Poem Analysis

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“Before She Died” is sad but at the same time hopeful poem by Karen Chase. The poem illustrates how people are always with their loved and caring ones despite death has taken them away physically, but never emotionally. The poet demonstrates how the person is thinking about the person who had passed on. Karen mentions “When I look at the sky now, I look at it for you”(2). This particular line displays how the person is thinking about the deceased one and is doing certain things on her behalf. Furthermore, the poet uses repetition to make a point. “When I look at...it for you. As if with...take it in for you”(1-2). These couple of lines ending with the same words (repetition) expresses the nature of how a person who has passed away is still