"Grave men, near death..." is from the poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night. What does "Grave men, near death" mean?
A) an pun (i know you probably know this but for those who don't, it means a joke)
B) an oxymoron (a figure of speech in witch contradictory terms appear in conjunctions)
C) alliteration (an occurrence with the same letter/sound at the begging of an adjacent)
D) an hyperbole (an exaggerated claim or statement not to be taken literary)