Comparing Benchmark And The Journey

The topic of death is either suppressed or masked in both poems. Both poems are very strong and powerful pieces, which allows readers to connect to the issues being told. Throughout “London”, Blake not only implies the difficult times that London went through during the Industrial revolution, but also how many died during this

Robert Frost and William Shakespeare have been celebrated by many people because of their ability to express themselves through the written word. Here we are years after their deaths analyzing these fascinating poems about life and death. It’s clear they had similar thoughts about this subject at the time of these writings, even though their characters could not have been more opposite. For both poets, life is too

Poems can be interpreted in many ways; however, every reader has their preference. One interpretation of “The Journey” is that it is a story about battling depression. The

To start with, the first stanza, the author keeps it clear that in life one has to acquire knowledge and be shaped by the experience. In reality, every person falls asleep at some time of the day and wakes up. Furthermore, it is a fact that everyone was born and the end of existing in the world will be dead. In this case, the act of birth and life can be referred as the waking, and death shows the sleep. Theodore Roethke puts it clearly that it is a must for one to change in a lifetime and this is illustrated by the words ‘waking slow’ from the first line of stanza one. He takes

     The meaning of the first stanza is do the things you need to get done because tomorrow the opportunity may not exist. It states this by saying gather rosebuds while you can because that beautiful flower “tomorrow will be dying” (Herrick 385). The next stanza talks about the Sun’s life from dawn to dusk. By describing it’s race against time it is telling a person that there is not much sunlight so make the most of it To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time and Carpe Diem

The three poems we read all have the same underlying theme; death. But the poems all show it in a different ways. Thanatopsis states that though death is inevitable it isn’t a bad thing and that you should live your life to the fullest. Dust in the wind talks about how nothing matters and we’re all gonna die one way or another. Don’t Fear the Reaper takes the most radical

The poems “The Journey” by Mary Oliver and “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski had different meanings to them. “The Journey” includes the author experiencing a life that was overwhelming for her until she finally took control of her life. “The laughing Heart” includes the author expressing the fact that you need to make more out of you're life. The poets used figurative language and tone to develop their themes.

There are two poems, “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski, and “The Journey” by Mary Oliver. In the poem “The Laughing Heart” the author is talking about life and how there is always a way out. In the poem, “The Journey” the speaker talks about how people don’t get assistance in life; they need to survive on their own. In “The laughing heart” Charles Bukowski talks about how there is always a way out.

The climax of this poem is seen in the fifth stanza. The speaker realizes that he could have died for love but he was born “for livin’”. By facing death, he has found a new sense of purpose.

Today we will be talking about 2 poems. The first poem named “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski. The second poem is “The journey” by Mary Oliver. Both of these poems are very interesting because they both talk about life decision. If you’re offered opportunities in your life, take the offered, because it will pay off at the end. Both of these authors use some very interesting word choices in these poems that we will be talking about.

In these passages, poetry can be directly related to the possibility of death being averted. One by keep the drive awake and not falling asleep at the wheel. The other, had May reached for some of her late husband’s med and not the book by Yeats she may have

In both, Themes are discussing time, for example, in the poem “Heart” it includes words like “dawn” and “night” in the poem “Fire” it includes seasons such as summer, autumn, winter, and spring to express the time. In the poem “ Heart” she tries to forget she has dreamed of the stars while in “fire” it states that she sits and remembers about the dreams. In both poems they discuss the way the writers feel in each poem, in the “Heart” she feels as if she was trapped, and in “fire” she feels as if she did not do as many things as she wanted in her time.

the theme of death. The speaker of the poems talks about the loss of a

Death. Although it's a natural, necessary part of existence, it is such a tremendous topic that can be viewed from a massive number of angles - religion, philosophy and science. But, what really matters in addition to what was mentioned before is our point of view on life and how we’ll deal with our struggles. Are we going to survive? Will we ever lose hope and give up? The poets Emily Dickinson and Peter Porter achieved excellent conflicting prospects and viewpoints of this in their poems “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” and “A Consumer’s Report”, through the use of language, structure and varying poetic devices that I am going to analyse in this essay.

Furthermore, another trait reiterated in all three poems is tragedy. Tragedy can be expressed in several ways throughout each short poem. For Instance, in the “The Wanderer,” the narrator mentions several times that he is feeling sorrow because of the tragic moments that have occurred to him. He states, “...and I, wrenched, from there traveled most sorrowfully over the frozen waves,...,” which claims that the feeling of agony comes in result of many of his tragedies. Similar to “The Wanderer,” ”The Seafarer” has a misfortune, which is being stuck on a ship in the middle of the ocean. He describes the nights as “miserable and cold.” However, he continues to return to the ocean each time he’s filled with loneliness despite the pain it put’s him through because he believes no matter where he sails to, it’ll always be filled with emptiness. Moreover, number four on the How to Read Poetry notes for “The Wife’s Lament,” demonstrates sorrow by talking about how the main character feels complete desolation and anger towards her husband for sending her into exile which also portrays tragedy. Her feelings are hurt severely for what her husband is putting her through and she is in a complete hardship, yet she still fight to try and be with him once and for all. In summary, each poem may encompass different plots, but overall, they all have in common the trait of tragedy that represents the struggle each character is mourning