Definition of thanatopsis
than`a`top´sis
Pronunciation:
thăn`å`tǒp´sĭs
n.
1.
A
view
of
death
;
a
meditation
on
the
subject
of
death
.
prop. n.
1.
The
title
of
a
poem
by
William
Cullen
Bryant
(
1794-1878
),
meditating
on
the
subject
of
death
.
One
of
Bryant
'
s
best-remembered
poems
,
it
was
written
in
1811
and
was
discovered
and
rushed
to
publication
in
1817
(
in
the
North
American
Review
)
by
Bryant
'
s
father
,
originally
without
the
poet
'
s
knowledge
.
A
revised
version
was
published
in
1821
.
In
this
elegy
Bryant
reflects
that
death
comes
to
all
men
,
common
and
great
,
and
that
all
eventually
shall
rest
together
in
the
"
mighty
sepulchre
"
of
the
earth
.
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