Religion
When your speaker is a bishop, you know that religion is going to play a pretty significant role in the poem. That's definitely the case here, but not in the way you might expect. Our speaker's mor...
Mythology
For a bishop in the Catholic church, our speaker sure seems to be big on mythology. He's got lots of ideas for decorating his tomb with imagery from Greek and Roman mythology, specifically. Sure, h...
Luxury
The bishop's vision for his tomb is simple, really. Think Scrooge McDuck meets Donald Trump. And then top it all off with a neon sign that says "In your face, Gandolf!" We never really get the full...