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English Commentary What the Thunder said "What the Thunder Said," the final section of "picks up the same thread, referring in the first stanza to the passion of Christ, another famous deceased. The "torchlight red on sweaty faces" perhaps indicates the guards who come to take Christ away; the "garden" is Gethsemane; "the agony in stony places" refers to the torture and the execution itself; and "of thunder of spring over distant mountains" describes the earthquake following the crucifixion. From Christ's death springs life; similarly, the Phoenician is killed by water, that life-giving force, that symbol of fertility and rebirth. As in "The Burial of the Dead," life and death are inextricably linked, their borders blurred at times: "He who was living is now dead / We who were living are now dying / With a little patience." The final section, "What the Thunder Said," begins with images of a journey over...

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