Tichborne’s elegy :: Chidiock Tichborne Chideock Tichbornes elegy

Tichbornes elegyChidiock Tichborne himself wrote Tichbornes elegy, in the column beforehis execution. The poem reflects his feeling that he has lived a breeding plainly it has been useless, as fate had always intended him to die thisway.In the foremost stanza he compares his attri simplyes to many bad things inhis world my prime of spring chicken is only a frost of cares, this lineillustrates that he should have been enjoying his life now rather thanworrying about his death. My crop of corn is besides a field of taresshows that he feels he has been given life but it is useless toeveryone. And all my good is but vain hope of take a leak gives you an ideaabout how Tichborne feels that fate is pushing down on him, andanything he tries to improve his life fails.The second stanza shows Tichbornes feeling that he has had noinfluence on anything my tale was heard, and yet it was not toldthis is demonstrating that even though his life has happened it wasnothing, another quote that bac ks up this point is I cut the world,and yet I was not seen. My fruit has fallen, and yet my leaves are car park shows that he is still young yet the prime of his life haspassed. My draw has been cut, and yet it is not spun illustratesthe idea that Tichbornes life has been given to him but it has notbeen fulfilled.The third and final stanza talks about how his life had been firmto end this way even before he was born, I trod the earth, and knewit was my grave this is illustrating the idea that he knew that hisfate was for him to die early. I sought my death, and base it in mywomb this shows that when he looked for death he found it in hislife, I expect this is because he is being executed for murder so in