successful conveys one of the most fundamental humanity’s cognitions: life is sacred and we should not give it away no matter what. Through the situation that is brought out in the poem, Hughes depicts death as the only escape from the reality. Life and death may seem to be two extremely opposite concepts, but if humans could not be enlightened soon enough; the distance between life and death is just a jump away as described in the poem. “Life is fine” not only addresses a typical scenario when people comes to death as an option to end everything but it is also a meaningful lesson for everyone to reflect on themselves.