On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year

On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year by Lord Byron

Byron's poem, in keeping with On Time's themes of time and death, talks about what life means, and whether it ceases to have meaning as time goes on. I am not overly familiar with Byron's work, and, as a result, I cannot tell if he is sarcastic or serious in his statements that life is worthless as time goes on. It seems as though he is trying to justify his own life as he ages, yet all he can do is state the reasons why is life is not justified.