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 …showed first 75 words of 529 total…

…showed last 75 words of 529 total…is sad, the sunlight still shows he is optimistic to the future because he is young. In stanza 2, he creates a picture that an old man with white-haired walking in the mist. This image successfully shows that when people become old, they lost their faith in life. Irving Layton expressed his feeling about life and death through his manipulation of words. The unique form, accurate diction and visual images make this poem a successful poem.