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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Transform a poem into prose

Hello.
Could someone help me please to transform a poem into prose



I ask not that my bed of death
From bands of greedy heirs be free;
For these besiege the latest breath
Of fortune's favoured sons, not me.

I ask not each kind soul to keep
Tearless, when of my death he hears;
Let those who will, if any, weep!
There are worse plagues on earth than tears.

I ask but that my death may find
The freedom to my life denied;
Ask but the folly of mankind,
Then, at last, to quit my side.
  

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I will paraphrase it for you: I don't have a lot of money, so when I die, my family won't be fighting over it. It's okay to cry when I die, if you want to. It will be nice that after I'm dead, I don't have to deal with the hardships of the living world and the collective stupidity of mankind.

— BarbaraPA

  • I will paraphrase it for you: I don't have a lot of money, so when I die, my family won't be fighting over it.
  • It's okay to cry when I die, if you want to.
  • It will be nice that after I'm dead, I don't have to deal with the hardships of the living world and the collective stupidity of mankind.
  • The poet wrote it more elegantly, don't you think?
  • It's now up to you to write it in normal prose.
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I will paraphrase it for you:

I don't have a lot of money, so when I die, my family won't be fighting over it. It's okay to cry when I die, if you want to. It will be nice that after I'm dead, I don't have to deal with the hardships of the living world and the collective stupidity of mankind.

The poet wrote it more elegantly, don't you think?

It's now up to you to write
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