Why does Auden mention both "sorrow and joy” in a poem about a person's death? How are the two linked?

The following are poem is similar to “O Captain! My Captain!” in that it is also a dirge or elegy. As you read the poem, compare it to Whitman’s poem, concentrating on why certain choices were made (length, word choice, placement, etc.). Annotate the poem and then write a short response to each of the questions. Type your annotations: First Stanza: The author Is asking a lot of questions on why did J.F.K die. Mourners are looking to heaven for an answer but heaven.Second Stanza: The author is talking about how to remember a person after their death and that the memory of J.F.K lives on within the living.Third Stanza: Talks about the same thing as the second. Last Stanza: Consists of the author accepting the emotions that are surrounded/come with death.Elegy for JFK By W.H. Auden Why then? Why there? Why thus, we cry, did he die? The Heavens are silent. What he was, he was: What he is fated to become Depends on us.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)