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Pope expresses the Joy of death for a Christian soul which is a stark contrast to society's view of death. He has used a number of paradoxes throughout the poem to portray this view and a peculiar rhyming pattern which changes in the last stanza. Pope closes with two questions "O Grave! where is thy Victory?" and "O death! where is thy sting?" Leaving these lines to be interpreted by the reader
Mr English from Australia