The Cremation Of Sam Mcgee Analysis

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Two Narrative Poems that can easily be compared are “The Listeners” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee”. In the Narrative Poem The Listeners, The Traveler, despite his fears and worries about the abandoned house that he made a promise to visit, kept his word instead of being scared away. In the poem The Cremation of Sam McGee the “captain” of Sam McGee’s expedition to mine for gold promises Sam that if he is to die then he will cremate him. Sam McGee being from Tennessee is afraid of the cold adds humor for the reason that he wished to be cremated to avoid an “icy grave”. Sam hints at the fact that even after death he was afraid of the cold.

An obvious difference seen between the two Narrative Poems is their mood. Though the character’s

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