"Fame And Friendship"

'Fame And Friendship' by H.A.Dobson:-

In the present poem 'Fame & Friendship' we can see that how in a very short stanzas the poet can mentioned two different elements of our life:Fame & Friendship.
Here Fame is the food according to the poet which is eaten only by the dead men.by this it may tries to convey that a man become famous only after his death.

"I have no stomach for such meat"

It shows that a man ultimately should not have such desires of being famous even after death.

The dead person eat that fame in the silent tomb where little light & narrow space remains & there only in a very lonely place he can be famous.
Then it turns on Friendship where comparison between fame & friendship shows friendship's level higher than the fame. At the end of our life we only leaves memories behind which can be a medium to recall us for those who were in our touch up till our last breathing.
If you are trying to be special or memorable even after the death then fame doesn't leads towards that distraction but friendship that we shares truly can last till the end though we will no more.
Ultimately it shows the immortality of friendship on the side of fame.