In the beginning of the poem, "Thanatopsis," Nature speaks to the dead. babies and the elderly. the person who thinks about nature. wild animals in the forest.

The poem "Thanatopsis" was written by poet William C. Bryant. Thanatopsis means "consideration of death" in Greek. In the beginning of the poem, "Thanatopsis", nature speaks to the dead. This poem was sent in to publishers by Bryant's father, without his knowledge, while William was still a young man.