Sir Walter Raleigh " What is our life "
In this short poem, the poet uses a very nice and extended metaphor by comparing life to a short comedy. He considers "our mothers' wombs" as the houses in which we are dressed for the short comedy. He also considers our joy as the "music of division". The "judicious" heaven is carefully watching us and "marks who doth a mistake". Our graves are compared to the curtains of the theatre. Just like the curtains which separate the actors from the audience marking the end of the play,our graves hide us from the "searching sun" indicating the end of life and the coming of death which is real and serious.
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