Lady in black uriah heep5/1/2023 ![]() And that can explain why in this case death is a SHE, not a HE. Now he knows he has nothing to loose, only his life and that can happen any moment.Ī last observation: Although Death is most represented as a skeleton holding a scythe, in many cultures Death is a lady. The poet himself is using this experience to understand that he can face death at each step: "But now I know I'm not alone", but this is strenghtening him: "I find new heart each time/I think upon that windy day". We can see that the prize one man can get from encountering death is Courage. *7) The last unit may speak about the fact that facing death can inspire courage and wisdom to men: "And if one day she comes to you/Drink deeply from her words so wise/Take courage from her/As your prize/And say hello from me". "But when you need me/Be assured I won't be far away" It seems that the lady is capable to bring both dead or life. Then, she does something extraordinary: "filled my heart with life". *6) The next unit represents a kind of ode to the misterious lady: "Oh lady lend your hand outright/And let me rest here at your side" But she says to him somehow that his time has not come yet: "Have faith and trust/In peace she said" and tells him to have trust in peace. She has the power to seduce him somehow, because after this encountering, he symbolic asks "if she would stay". She is capable of councelling the poet so that he fears to walk alone again. *5) In the next unit we find out that she is "the mother of all men". So he asks for her help: "And I begged her give me horses/To trample down my enemies/So eager was my passion/To devour this waste of life" And in otrder to fight his enemies/kill he knows that she can help him. *4) He had somehow wished her to be there, around him, because he wants to kill - to do what men usually do: "I said the need within some men/To fight and kill their brothers/Without thought of love or God". it's about a war, a battle or something similar. *3) the atmosphere of the song is not an ordinary one: "destruction lay around me/From a fight I could not win". That's a subtle way to say that this is not an ordinary encountering. *2) she is able to see him, even if "in darkness I was walking". *1) First of all, she comes unexpectedly one morning and she seems to know the author of the poem, but he doesn't seem to know her. General CommentI think The Lady in Black is not an ordinary woman mourning for somebody who died because she is a special woman, a special presence. Take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me I find new heart each time I think upon that windy day I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear ![]() Have faith and trust in me, she said and filled my heart with lifeīut when you need me be assured I won't be far away So easy to begin and yet impossible to end So eager was my passion to devour this waste of life To fight and kill their brothers without thought of men or God Her long hair flowing in the mid-winter wind
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