DDCPoetry

 Poem Found Here:  "Burial" by Robert McAlmon This is a definition and a eulogy.  Based on the title, the poem sounds like a eulogy for a mathematician; however, the opening line, "Geometry is a perfect religion" both a man made construct that explains eternity, but Geometry appears to explain better. "Axiom after axiom: / One proves a way into infinity / And logic makes obeisance at command."  The repetition of axiom reconfirms this idea of he established truth that one can prove a way into infinity through numbers.  Possibly the soul as well, but numbers definitely, and by doing so man is in control. However, "Outside of the triangle, cubes, and polystructures / There is a restless pummeling, pounding and taunting."  Here is where the poem feels more like a eulogy.  The physical aspect of "pummeling, pounding, and taunting" can't be found in just triangles, cubes, and polystructures.  This is where the very physical and human aspe...