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    afterlife may hold for them, whether they’ll be reunited with family and friends or if they’ll be reincarnated or, maybe nothing at all. This is true for writers, poets and artists. William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”, Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” and Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” they all center their idea death, but approach it differently and conveys their points differently. One glorifies death, one says life is meaningless and the other glorifies life.

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    afterlife may hold for them, whether they’ll be reunited with family and friends or if they’ll be reincarnated or, maybe nothing at all. This is true to writers and poets. In William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”, Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” and Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” they all center their idea death, but approach it differently and convey their points differently. One glorifies death, one says life is meaningless and the other glorifies life. These three poems center around death

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    The band Blue Oyster Cult behind the song (Don't Fear) The Reaper arose in 1967 in Long Island, NY. The original four band members include Andy Winters (bass) Donald Roeser (Guitar) Allen Lanier (Keyboard) and Albert Bouchard (Drums) The band first signed with Elektra Records and recorded two unreleased albums. Fired by Elektra, the band finally decided on and signed with Columbia Records in 1971. They released their debut album in January of 1972 which got medium reviews. In 1974 they released Sweet

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    Death isn’t what people always want, but death will always happen .While “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, “Thanatopsis” William Cullen Bryant, and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas are all about death, they all have a different point. “Don’t fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult is saying the death will eventually happen whether you like it or not, so why be scared of it. It makes it seem like there can be benefits to death so don’t be scared by saying “We’ll be able to fly (Don’t Fear the

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    will come to us all, you can only hope that you have nothing left to do or say when it’s your time to go. You can’t fear the reaper. Blue Oyster Cult sings it true in one of their most popular songs, Don’t Fear the Reaper. The guitar in this song is awesome, everything about this song is amazing. “Came the last night of sadness, was clear she couldn’t go on (Blue Oyster

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    Peaks. Nick and Eric Sheehan write the music and play drums and guitar. Tom Anthony and Emily Cahiel added depth with vocals and guitars. Emily's harmony gave the vocals that far off Blue Oyster Cult feel. I heard a lot of my favorites in their music, The Moody Blues. The Strawbs, Jefferson Airplane and Blue Oyster Cult. This was most evident in the first song “LSD and the Age of Interest” and the last song “Spanish Peaks” which is also

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    thinking about the New Year’s Eve. Well, to help you create a stunning fireworks display and to celebrate your love of fireworks, we’ve created a fun playlist of ten songs that mention fireworks! 1. Blue Oyster Cult - Fireworks There are a number of songs out there simply titled ‘Fireworks’. This Blue Oyster Cult is definitely among the classics and deserves it play on the playlist. The song is from the 1977 album Spectres. It wasn’t a big record for the band, but its become a classic, especially in

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    how they will die, if they suffer, if it’s tragic or if it’s just simply peaceful. In each of the three poems the main focus is death. Each poem shows a different feeling about death. “Thanatopsis” by William Bryant, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas, all have different meanings of death. In each of the poems, “Thanatopsis”, “Dust in the Wind” and “Don’t Fear the Reaper” they are mostly meaning death. The main point each poem is making is to live life to it’s

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    Death is a resort, after you’re dead nothing can hurt you ever again. “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas, and also “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant. Each poem has different views on death, one glorifies life while the other one glorifies death. All three of the poems have one thing in common and that’s death. All three of the poems are similar, but with different intended points for each. They all talk about death, saying that eventually people will die

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    you don’t have one without the other. The two are peas in a pod and you cannot have death without life or life without death. This key component can be found in works of art such as Thanatopsis by WIlliam Cullen Bryant, Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult, and Dust In the WInd by Kansas.While all three explore the nature of death, they have different intentions. All of the poems had death in common, but their purposes are different. The actual intended point for each is that you shouldn’t fear

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