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thanatopsis

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than·a·top·sis  (thn-tpss)
n.
A meditation upon death.
[Greek thanatos, death + -opsis.]
thanatopsis [ˌθænəˈtɒpsɪs]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a meditation on death, as in a poem
[from Greek thanatos death + opsis a view]
thanatopsis
a survey of or meditation upon death.
See also: Death, Meditation
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Noun1.thanatopsis - an essay expressing a view on the subject of death
essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition
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The pie list swelled; the richer puddings had vanished; the sausage, with his drapery wrapped about him, barely lingered in a pleasant thanatopsis with the buckwheats and the sweet but doomed maple.
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