Tichborne’s elegy :: Chidiock Tichborne Chideock Tichbornes elegy

Tichbornes elegyChidiock Tichborne himself wrote Tichbornes elegy, in the tower earlierhis execution. The poem reflects his feeling that he has lived a life history unless it has been useless, as fate had always int oddityed him to die thisway.In the first stanza he compares his attributes to many bad things inhis world my prime of youth is but a frost of cares, this lineillustrates that he should have been enjoying his life in a flash rather thanworrying about his death. My crop of corn is but a field of taresshows that he feels he has been given life but it is useless toeveryone. And all my good is but vain hope of gain gives you an estimateabout how Tichborne feels that fate is pushing down on him, andanything he tries to alter his life fails.The second stanza shows Tichbornes feeling that he has had no find on anything my tale was heard, and even it was non toldthis is demonstrating that even though his life has happened it wasnothing, another quote that backs up this poi nt is I saw the world,and further I was not seen. My fruit has fallen, and yet my leaves aregreen shows that he is still young yet the prime of his life haspassed. My thread has been cut, and yet it is not spun illustratesthe caprice that Tichbornes life has been given to him but it has notbeen fulfilled.The third and final stanza talks about how his life had been decidedto end this way even before he was born, I trod the earth, and knewit was my tomb this is illustrating the idea that he knew that hisfate was for him to die early. I sought my death, and found it in mywomb this shows that when he looked for death he found it in hislife, I expect this is because he is being executed for murder so in