# Death — Verses on Various Occasions character guide

> Death in Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** thee, thou, thy

**First appearance:** 0011-ix-consolations-in-bereavement

## Who they are

Personified force, contemplated in poems about mortality.

## In the story

### [II: My Birthday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/ii-my-birthday)

Referenced as 'greedy death' and the 'silence of the grave' approaching.

### [IX: Consolations in Bereavement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/ix-consolations-in-bereavement)

Personified as urgent and merciful, hastening the sister's departure from earth to God.

### [CXLII: None](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxlii-none)

Mentioned as the event that brings back the morning after the decline of day.

### [§ 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/1)

Personified as a dread visitor knocking at the door, causing horror and dismay.

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