What is the primary theme of the poem 'Tithonus'?
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Correct answer: The tragedy of immortality without eternal youth
Tithonus was granted immortality by Aurora (the Dawn), but he forgot to ask for eternal youth. He is doomed to wither forever, begging for the 'release' of death that is granted to all other mortal things.
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