Question

“Irony”
by Louis Untermeyer

Why are the things that have no death
The ones with neither sight nor breath!
Eternity is thrust upon
A bit of earth, a senseless stone.
A grain of dust, a casual clod
Receives the greatest gift of God.
A pebble in the roadway lies—
It never dies.

The grass our fathers cut away
Is growing on their graves today;
The tiniest brooks that scarcely flow
Eternally will come and go.
There is no kind of death to kill
The sands that lie so meek and still. . . .
But Man is great and strong and wise—
And so he dies.

Identify the key details that contribute to the irony in the poem?

Answer 1

Based on the given poem above entitled "Irony" by Louis Untermeyer, the key details that contribute to the irony in the poem are the following: *The things that are considered no death, are the ones are not breathing or living. *Even a pebble lies in a roadway, still it never experiences death. *No matter how grasses are cut, they still grow in the same place. *Brooks, even though its flow is not that much, still you can see it come and go. *Despite all these things that are not living, they do not fade nor die. But since a human is strong and wise, makes it the reason why it dies.*

Answer 2

Answer:

The irony is it says it never dies and then it dies

Explanation: