Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep Poem
Do not stand at my grave and weep is one of the most well known funeral poems in the english language.
This is not surprising really, as it must have been heard several times by everyone, even if they have never attended a funeral! This is because, whenever there is a funeral scene in a play, on TV, or in a film, the chances are that the Do not stand at my grave and weep poem is the one that's quoted.
One of the main reasons why the poem is so widely used in the Arts is that the poem is no longer in copyright, so no fees are needed when it's quoted. There is a proviso to this, however. The words have sometimes been changed. In 1996, for example, it was recorded as a song, but the song writer only used the first and last verses of the poem, and wrote his own verses in between them. So although, in this case, the beginning and end of the poem are out of copyright, the newly written middle verses are not.
For many years, the authorship of the poem was unknown, but eventually authorship was claimed by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) and this is now virtually universally accepted.
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep Poem
The above link is a link to the words of the actual poem.
The poem is suitable for almost any type of funeral. Whatever your religion, or even if you are not religious at all, everyone can associate themselves with the exhortation "Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep", and find comfort and solace from the words of the poem.
