Here he was, knowing he was going to die, probably resentful because of karma, but believing that despite his death, there was still life fighting. That the silence and anguish he felt proved that he was alive. For him, its “winter flowers on withered stems” and “strips of renewal” were proof that there was life in death all around him. Lawrence placed his faith in this unknown God, believing that he would be resurrected to a new life. As I continued reading, I noticed that each verse was one continuous sentence. He was exhaling the wail of death. “What if, as autumn grows deeper and darker / I feel the pain of falling leaves and stems snapping in storms / and trouble, dissolution and heartache…” Emphasizing the slow, agonizing process of decay that the speaker heard as he fell into the sickness and misery of an old man. The first two stanzas, which contained emphasis on the loss of life, ended with a period, but when I reached the third and fourth stanzas, both encouraged continuation of sentences with a colon and a hyphen. But this was a continuation that moved from loss to new life. His tone changed attention the moment the speaker admitted he was dying. The first two stanzas seemed to finalize the death, but with the change in tone Lawrence lets it be understood