Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 12 AIL 1130 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"The Last Friend, Death"
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The idea
He writes that he wished for the last friend, death, to relieve him. Death is given as a friend, and the word last does double duty as final and as remaining. Unit seven's personification appears here inside a work of testimony.
In practice
Death named as a friend.
Where people slip
Last means final and remaining both.
Your place on the trail
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