Compare And Contrast A Psalm Of Life And Life

In literature, themes shape and characterize an author’s writing making each work unique as different points of view are expressed within a writing’s words and sentences. This is the case, for example, of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee” and Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death.” Both poems focus on the same theme of death, but while Poe’s poem reflects that death is an atrocious event because of the suffering and struggle that it provokes, Dickinson’s poem reflects that death is humane and that it should not be feared as it is inevitable. The two poems have both similarities and differences, and the themes and characteristics of each poem can be explained by the author’s influences and lives.

There are 150 psalms in the Book of Psalms that were written over the span of 800 years. Most of the Psalms written were made to be sung. There are two main genres of Psalms, which are laments and hymns. David is know to have written 73 psalms, Asaph wrote 12, the sons of Korah wrote 11, Solomon wrote 2, Moses wrote 1 and 50 are anonymous . Although 50 were anonymous, David was certainly the author of the majority of the Psalms.

The similarities in the poem deal with similar topics expressed throughout the poem dealing with Keats’ and Longfellow’s fear of death. Differences between the two include the structure and the different images, metaphors and diction that they give off along with their different train of thoughts while writing the two poems. Their thoughts of the subject of death are able to relate to a variety of people because everyone is just human and cannot last forever. Just as these two poems show similar ideas can branch off into many different ideas and interpretations. The desire to continue to

“The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare”, an Early Irish poem, is from the point of view of an old woman who has begun to reflect on her life. “The Wanderer”, is spoken by a bard who has been sent into exile after the death of his Lord. While in exile he begins to review his life, miss everything he has lost and look at life on a more spiritual level. Both speakers are experiencing what it feels like to be lonely because the people that were once there for them have either left or they have passed away. With a melancholic and nostalgic tone, both poems express the idea that people, youth, and the material world are all transient. However, both poems acknowledge that although the pleasures and good things in life are fleeting, the solutions to the problem is God.

In his poem, “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and personification, to demonstrate the Romantic ideal of the fatalism of life, and therefore the importance of placing individualism, and thus solitary survival within nature, over superficial safety. As the traveler begins his journey, the “twilight darkens”(Longfellow 2) foreshadowing the ultimate loss of the traveler's life. For in this case darkness is used to symbolize the end of life, as is the time of day for twilight is just before midnight, which symbolizes death. This symbolism of life is further reinforced by the cyclic nature of the tide which ceaselessly “rises…{and}falls”(3). As the traveler’s journey ultimately comes to

The three authors, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Bradstreet, and Emily Dickinson, had poems in which they explored the common theme of death. Their unique views on death, as reflected in their poems, tells us of the different ways people looked at death during their respective times. In this essay, I will explore and explain three poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and one from Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson respectively, and then compare the differences between the three authors.

There was a lot of personification in both poems describing death and how people deal with it. No matter how much people do not want their loved ones gone, there is nothing to do about it, and all the figurative language in these poems shows

The tones of the poems help define the meaning of the poem. The tone of “The Laughing Heart” is urgency. The poet is speaking directly to the reader and advising you that “your life is your life”(Bukowski 1). “Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch” the poet is advising you and warning you to not let yourself be swept away by the darkness and evilness of the world and

William Bradford: An Intelligent Writer William Bradford was born November 13, 1910, in Hartselle, Alabama. Bradford's writing career started when he was a student in the University of Alabama. Many experiences influenced his writing. For instance, Bradford severed in the Navy during World War II, he was a witness of the Great Depression and of the struggles for civil rights. All these events affected his writing.

The attendance of the Lord as shepherd is present throughout the Holy Bible. Whether being accountable of the primary duty of providing animals with sufficient food and water, protecting the sheep, or just plain caring for the sheep like David, the responsibility of the shepherd is making sure every facet of a sheep’s life is taken care of. The rationale of this paper is to give an exposition of Psalm 23, while reflecting on Psalms as a whole, in order to give adequate evidence for arriving at a conclusion that proves the LORD is the only necessity in an individual’s life in regards to the role of a servant.

The two poems I chose to connect with are Anne Bradstreet's, "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being A Year and a Half Old and On Being Brought From Africa To America. In Anne Bradstreet's, "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being A Year and a Half Old," nature and her notions implicatively insinuate tremendous grief of her granddaughter's death. Bradstreet simply observe nature where plants and fruits grow and die in a comparison with her grandchild's death (p.121-122) And time brings down what is both strong and tall.

Writers Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor shared a common religion and both regarded death and loss from the same theological perspective. As Puritans, both of these writers believed that- at least to a certain extent- everything was a gift from God, and that God was free to take it when he will. Taylor shows no signs of doubt in his writing though the same can not be said for Bradstreet. This shared belief leads to some similar surface ideas in their poetry, but their levels of commitment and doubts in these ideas create a contrast in their works which readers can draw conclusions from.

The two poems “The Man he Killed” by Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth” both have similar qualities but each have different meanings.

“I am no bird and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will” (Bronte, Jane Eyre 293). In the Victorian time period Charlotte Bronte lived the unequal life as a woman, like many others. The only difference is Bronte did not believe in living in inequality, and she wrote about her hardships in her literature. In her book, Jane Eyre, the reader can see many similarities in her main character’s life and her own. Jane Eyre has many ways of showing how Victorian women were expected to be and act, included in the life of Jane. Bronte also continues her portrayal of the inequality of women and the decision of love versus autonomy through two of her poems, “Life” and “The Wife’s Will.” Charlotte Bronte displays the inequality in life of women in the Victorian era by taking her life and revitalizing it into themes of her works, by providing a journey of discovery of love or autonomy.

The beginning of the poem or the first stanza has a lighthearted tone and then as it progresses it begins to divulge into a deeper