And death shall have no dominion

[Lozzer]

Can someone please explain or give me an explanation to the poem 'And death shall have no dominion'? I absolutely love its language, but past the initial verse it makes little sense.

[Trolldor]

Might wanna post the poem.

[Feck]

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead mean naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

[hotshoe]

Posting the whole poem didn't help me understand it any better.

[PsychoSerenity]

It reminds me a lot of some of the old sailors' superstitions – like their souls living on in dolphins – though I have no idea if it's anything to do with that at all.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

It reads like a religious poem about bodily resurrection on the day of judgment. I'm not sure there is more to it. I am sure that a quick google will turn up other meanings but it looks pretty straightforward to me.