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"The Afterlife", by Dick Allen is a poem set in a heavenly place where souls find their love after death. The poem begins with an individual saying that he was at the end of a journey, was the journey life? Allen, describes the sights and sounds he experiences when he finally comes too. The beginning is a gentle and relaxing place when all things are calm. After a long night, he finds his past lover. He remembers his lover and the both regain the feeling of love. This leads to the blood(life) rushing back into their cold and dead bodies. The love they shared alone survived even the biggest boundary, death. As they continue they build a shelter and create a new life together. They relearn everything about one another until their love is full again. As they share their past life, the man remembers the loved they shared in life. In the poem I feel that this is the view Allen has on the afterlife. He believes that love will prevail and if love is true it will never reach an end. The poem shows how Allen thinks of heaven as a peaceful and beautiful place, where if your love was true it will be restored. Also, you will be granted the gift of remembrance when the love you share is fully restored to its past status. This is the gift I think heaven gives, it allows you to spend the rest of eternity with your one true love and that's what I think Allen's goal was in this poem.
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