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its suprising that there are no comments on this poem because if you are a poetry person its not hard to tell that this poem is full of didactic and ironic writing typical to alexander pope and the ways of greek playwrights of the late 17th and early 18th century. its kinda cool antually ill be the first to say something. well suppose ill write what its about from what i see. Argus the dog of Ulysses otherwise known as Odysseus stayed alive for all those years while Ulysses was gone and when he came home, even though disguised the dog still reconized him and finally he could die happy. possible theme: its possible to have happiness in death. death doesnt neccesarily have to be sad even though it comes to us all, an anti-existentialistic view if i ever saw one. if you me this poem makes you feel hopefull
phillip
phillip from United States