At the start of the poem the speaker describes,” When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn” (1-2). This is explaining death as an animal that is hungry, showing the speaker is afraid of death. The speaker also states “When death comes, like the measles-pox” (5-6). Showing death as a deadly disease to try to avoid. She also states, “when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut” (3-4). She is explaining death as something that comes to claim its next victim, then snaps its purse shut and takes its victim away from life. Then moves right on to the next