Simplify me when I’m dead
Remember me when I’m dead and simplify me when I’m dead
These lines are the first three lines from the poem, "Simplify me when I’m dead." The author, Keith Douglas was a solider in world in war two. During the time of writing the poem Keith Douglas was living in his final years and not knowing when his last days were to come. He wrote a poem about remembrance and simplicity. Keith Douglas wishes to demonstrates the sole importance of the value behind his poem is to acknowledge his life by remembering him when he dies. However, keeping his story of his life in its simplest terms. The first two line of the poem express the desire to be remembered, these memories should be simplified, "Remember me when I’m dead
Remember me when I’m dead and simplify me when I’m dead
These lines are the first three lines from the poem, "Simplify me when I’m dead." The author, Keith Douglas was a solider in world in war two. During the time of writing the poem Keith Douglas was living in his final years and not knowing when his last days were to come. He wrote a poem about remembrance and simplicity. Keith Douglas wishes to demonstrates the sole importance of the value behind his poem is to acknowledge his life by remembering him when he dies. However, keeping his story of his life in its simplest terms. The first two line of the poem express the desire to be remembered, these memories should be simplified, "Remember me when I’m dead