Great Regulars: She blushes when she thinks about

her good fortune. She now feels entitled to "boast" about her great luck, and she believes that anyone who sees her will realize the love glow that she reflects from "breast to brow."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Barrett Browning's Sonnet 12

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The title and refrain employed six times in Dylan Thomas' poem is a modified version of Romans 6:9, "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." In three novtets (nine-line stanzas), the speaker demonstrates the veracity of the claim that "death shall have no dominion."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Dylan Thomas' And Death Shall Have No Dominion

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His concern, therefore, comes across as disingenuous.

The speaker then introduces the "insurance man," who might be the reason for the "fine cars," but no, the poor boy's "insurance lapsed the other day." Again, the speaker's knowledge of the particulars of the situation clash; he knows the people well enough to know that their insurance lapsed, but yet not well enough to know who, in fact, is paying for the lavish funeral.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Hughes' Night Funeral in Harlem

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The speaker then reveals the nature of Burbank's grand work; he has been a "great reformer"--not of people, as the yogi has been, but of "living plants and flowers." The speaker discloses the truth that plants, like people, are conscious beings; they behave according to "moods," and they are variously "tender ones," and "stubborn-growing ones," as exemplified by the thorny "cactus rude."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda's Luther Burbank

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