Quand Je Serai Tue. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

Robert Graves served with bravery in World War I, for England and her Allies against Germany and the Axis powers. That is why he uses the refrain 'So when I'm killed, ' as the first line of each stanza. Graves was risking his life fighting in the trenches, and in the front-lines, bravely and boldly. He asks his friends and lovers not to look for him in Heaven or Hell, nor in the 'Intolerable Good' of the Christian afterlife, nor in some tomb. Look for him instead in the verses which he has written and they have read. The poet will become immortal through his poems and other writings. This hopeful idea about poetry writing I find true. I know Robert Graves only through his poetry and other writings. I got to know Graves better by reading his autobiography 'Goodbye To All That'(1929, revised 1957) , which was very good and compelling. I also saw the movie adaptation of his novel 'I, Claudius'(1934) . The movie was a commercial success
and it made Graves a household name. 'I, Claudius', the movie, was a talking point of 1978. The movie was later screened on television.
Clearly, 'When I'm Killed' is one of Robert Graves's major poems.