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The last sequence is a sort of liebestod.
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The speaker describes the final sequence as a kind of “liebestod”—love closely bound to death. It is therefore not simply a romantic ending, but one marked by tragedy, loss, or death. “Sort of” makes the comparison approximate rather than exact.
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