Humiliation
How nakedly an animal Lies down on earth to die, Unmindful of the shining air, And unashamed of sky.
But men and women under roofs Draw shades and hush the floor, And furtively they lay their dead Behind a darkened door.
Winifred Welles
How nakedly an animal Lies down on earth to die, Unmindful of the shining air, And unashamed of sky.
But men and women under roofs Draw shades and hush the floor, And furtively they lay their dead Behind a darkened door.
Winifred Welles contrasts two ways of dying. An animal lies down on the earth “nakedly,” unbothered by the shining air and unashamed of the open sky. Its death has a plain, almost dignified honesty.
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