“Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas, and “Thanatopsis” by Bryant proves people all reference death in different ways. All three of the poems refer to dying and physically nothing. While in two of the poems go on to talk about spiritually moving on, but all very in their perspective on death In “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult heavily implies dying and moving on but not in a negative or sad way. A Reaper figure is included and the poem speaks of not fearing him and accepting death. It also speaks about being together for eternity in some sort of life after death. The speaker says “Don’t fear the reaper” in the poem multiple times. The poem “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas it speaks of life and its