Thank you again, Jackie, for responding with a re-write. I wouldn't have thought of substituting Truth for Death; but yes - it works!

It's interesting, too, that preserving E.D.'s poetic form also retains the original dignity. From what I remember of the class assignment (early '90s), most of the re-writes were in free verse and didn't have that quality at all. Or, possibly, maybe the class was too young to have thought much about the subject.

Do you suppose that specific subjects are best addressed in particular verse forms?

Tsyganka