How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
And I am dumb to tell the hanging man
How of my clay is made the hangman's lime. (14-15)
The interconnectedness is clear in these lines, too—morbid, but clear. The speaker's "clay," his body, is composed in some small part of the elements that make up the "lime" with which the hangman will cover his victim. This, along with the use of the word "clay," emphasizes the idea that in life and in death we are part of the earth, made up of the same "clay" as the natural world around us.