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

Life. Death. Time. The poem “Life” is about how everyone birthed and lives their lives, and then everyone dies one day no matter what. Times runs out for every person on the Earth. This poem reminds me of when my great-grandmother died. She was in her nineties and my family and I thought that she would live longer than she did. It was very sudden and I was shocked at the funeral. I think it was just time for her to let go. It’s hard losing someone who is close with one. The author’s tone is light- hearted and simple. The mood of the poem can make someone feel more comfortable with the thought of death. This essay will show how the author’s tone and the reader’s mood can affect how the poem, “Life” is read.

The poet knows that he is living a life filled with never-ending threats and he knows that the coming days only hold bigger problems, for example, death. But he knows that all the troubles he has faced, and all the injuries he has sustained over the years, have prepared him for what is yet to come in

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

In the second part of these poems, the parents, based on their experiences in life, is trying to teach their children another lesson on how to prepare and cope with hardships that their sons or daughters will encounter in his or her own future. First of all, in the poem, "Advice to My Son", the father teaches his son to be smart in his decision making. He wants his offspring to live life to its fullest "as if each one maybe [his] last" (2) but also plan for the future for there is always consequence to every choice. Therefore, in the next few lines, the father advises his son to distinguish the line between practical and idealistic needs, physical and spiritual desires as well as temporary and long-term plans. These are opposite aspects of life, but they are also complementing one another since the art of living is not just about surviving itself but rather adding a little bit more of fun and enjoyment.

The second stanza of the poem takes a shift. He urges that they are to die soon and that life is too short while death is forever. In lines 27 to 28, the speaker scares her by saying worms will try to take her virginity if she doesn't sleep with him now. As for the third stanza, the speaker is simplifying what is going to happen when she dies, so why not use up her precious time now?

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

This poem is interpreted as a farewell letter to Bradstreet’s husband. She decides to write the poem since she considers she lies on her death bed while giving birth. In the 16th Century death during childbirth was common, she is afraid of the chances death has with her. She expresses feelings of sorrow and sadness as the poem progresses. Written as an iambic pentameter poem with rhyming couplets. The author combines ideas of death, love and her dismiss from this world. She starts the poem by introducing death “Fading world hath end” (1), “adversity doth still our joys attend” (2), she describes death inevitability and how all thing come to an end. How happiness isn’t eternal. She comes to the conclusion that death is inescapable. Death is coming for the speaker “How soon, my Dear, death may my steps

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.

Both of these poems are similar in meaning but written in different ways. In both of these poems they are telling why it's bad to follow other people's paths but to follow your own and not to let anyone stop you. In ”The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski he talks about how you need to live your life and don't let anyone stop you. This poem is written in an urgent tone. In “The Journey” by Oliver Mary she describes the same thing but is written in more of a story format.

Many people during the Anglo-Saxon time period believed that every citizen should live by the beliefs and moral lessons of their stories. Throughout this time in history, literature had a major role in the construction of the English language. Stories or poems told by the community were typically elegies. ‘An

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 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

A common theme in many poems is life and death, especially the one of a loved one, this theme is one of the similarities in both poems “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “ Poem at thirty-nine.” “Do not gentle into that good night,” written by Dylan

     Both of these poems relate to Charles Baudelaire’s life because they both explain how the ups and downs go. No matter what happens in life you should never give up hope and always have faith until the end regarding anything you do. He writes a lot of poems about what he had previously experienced in his life and always hints that it’s not easy but never give up.