ROME: AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS NEAR THE GRAVES OF SHELLEY AND KEATS (1887)

So... he doesn’t know anything about Cestius and he didn’t mean anything to him, until he died and left the pyramid where two of his friends are buried. In this poem, Cestius and the pyramid were meaningless until then. The poem suggests that his death and bringing of the pyramid was a “kindlier” thing than him being alive, which I guess is sort of harsh, but then again, a lot of monuments, buildings, etc. are named after dead people, or left by people after their death. In class, Dr. Weber mentioned that today most music is poetry, not prose and asked us to think of our favorite song and contemplate if it was poetry or prose. I listen to music constantly and yeah, all of it is poetry.