Thanatopsis (Poem)
What is the speaker referring to when he talks about the "narrow house" in the poem, Thanatopsis?
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When the speaker refers to “the narrow house” (12), he euphemistically denotes a coffin. The house is a symbol of the confines of death.
Thanatopsis