The overall tone of the poem "The Human Cry" by Irving Layton is euphemistic and implicit. Layton describes his feeling and emotions about the cycle of life in a special way by comparing two different attitudes facing the death. Throughout the poem he tries to tell us the true meaning of life and the emotion of human should be free because after going through life, everyone ends up in the original place.
Layton's thought is immediately evident in the title. Beyond the title, Layton creates a kind of sorrowful atmosphere that suggests this whole poem is about the cry of human. This poem is…
