The final section, “La Mort” (Death), brings us not only to the end of life (and of the volume) but also to questions of what might possibly lie beyond the grave.
The final section, “La Mort” (Death), brings us not only to the end of life (and of the volume) but also to questions of what might possibly lie beyond the grave. The very last poem, “Le Voyage” (The Voyage), rehearses many of these ideas, finally declaring that we should not be so concerned with whether we will achieve salvation or damnation but that we should embrace the newness of the unknown. I’ll leave you simply with the French: