The Ambiguity of Death

Since the creation of man, certain primal urges have been imprinted into the human being's psyche. Out of many of those the instinct of death is included, probably stemming from the necessity of killing to obtain one's food. The instinct of death remains today and has been changed, adapted, suppressed and exemplified. In "A Formal Application" the ironic theory of applying death as a way of life is portrayed through a man's act of killing a bird. The poem flows through the practice, planning and execution of a common bird. The climax of the poem comes when he refers to his act of violence as an "Audubon Crucifix". Through various examples in history he validates this unnecessary crucifix. "A Formal Application" rejoins the human race by immortalizing the importance of death.
The structure of the poem is separated into three sections containing three stanza's each. There is no apparent rhyme scheme making it a free verse and prose piece. The......

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Title: A Formal Application
Approximate Word Count: 881
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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