InTheSentence,MorriCreechinterrogatesourdailylivesandexperiencestoexaminetheanxietiesanddespairthatoftenattendourawarenessofmortality.Throughavarietyofsubjects,andthroughstylesrangingfromrhymeandmetertoprosepoetry,hetakesanunflinchinglookatwhatitmeanstoliveintheshadowoftheend,thecommonfatetowhicheachofusissentenced.