DAMIEN SMITH

I wish to leave the world
By its natural door;
In my tomb of green leaves
They are to carry me to die.
Do not put me in the dark
To die like a traitor;
I am good, and like a good thing
I will die with my face to the sun 
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This poem is about a man wanting to die peacefully in nature of simple natural causes with his face turned to the sun. He does not want to rot away in a dark coffin like a ¨traitor¨.
The author is Jose Marti, he was born on January 28 1853. He was a Cuban poet and considered a National hero.
The phrase "I wish to leave the world by its natural door" speaks to me a lot, there are a number of things you could say about it. I think its means he wants to die but of natural causes like in his sleep or something like that. Also when he says my tomb of green leaves I think he means nature so he wants to die in the wilderness.
If I were to read this poem out loud I would use a calm tone of voice because hes talking about dieing peacefully.
I think the theme is when he dies he wants to be remembered greatly as a good person. 

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