Comparing Poems 'Daystar And Loneliness'

I wander as a lonely cloud by William Wordsworth represents that loneliness can bring the bliss of solitude. In the poem Wordsworth start it off with the speaker wandering in valleys and high hills. The speaker compares himself as a cloud because a cloud represents loneliness and bemusement, and that represents the speaker’s feelings. The speaker continues to wander until he sees daffodils by a lake dancing. As the speaker watches the daffodils he explains their dancing as carefree, gleeful and happy. “I saw a crowd a host of daffodils; Beside a lake, beneath the trees, fluttering in the breeze.” (Lines 4-6). The speaker gives the daffodils personality to show the daffodils have humanlike qualities which gives the flowers life.‘‘Along the margin of bay: Ten Thousand I saw at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.” (Lines 10-12). After watching the dancing daffodils, the speaker then realizes that the flowers give him a gift, and that is the bliss of solitude.

Nouwen (1975) describes loneliness as a universal experience that affects even the most intimate relationships. He identifies loneliness as one of the universal sources of human suffering. Some of the mental suffering in the

“Daystar” comes from a book of poems written by Dove entitled Thomas and Beulah, which tells both the real and unreal stories of Dove’s maternal grandparents (Stein 64). Unlike Dove, who grew up during a time of women’s rights, her grandmother most likely did not have an admired career as a housewife. In discussing Thomas and Beulah, Stein explains, “It is almost painful to witness Thomas and Beulah, two people clearly devoted to each other, continually misinterpret each other's behavior” (70). Although “Daystar” is not necessarily written from an autobiographical perspective, Dove is using the research of her family and her own experiences to welcome us into the lives of the distressed Beulah.

The tone of the speaker was very sad, cold and lonely for misses his father. Evidence that support that he misses his father can be found in the poem. The second and the third stanza reflects how he feels about the weather and I think he meant the fall season in which he uses a cold tone “the garden is bare now. The ground is cold, brown and old”, he clearly just mentioning the negative sounding around fall. A lonely tone also found in the last few stanzas, when he mentioned that his food is almost cooked “White rice steaming, almost done. Sweet green peas fried in onions. Shrimp braised in sesame oil and garlic. And my own loneliness. What more could I, a young man, want.”. The part where he said, “And my own

“Daystar” by Rita Dove is an expressive poem, which centers on the main character, a young mother and wife, who internally struggles with her burdensome, daily duties, which creates a lack of freedom in her world.   Dove’s choice of words lets the reader empathize with her confined life.  In this poem, irony exists for the mere fact that from birth to adulthood the female population is brought up to feel fulfilled by simply becoming a wife and mother; however, this poem describes the monotonous duties and the joyless bond that can be between husband and wife.

Seeking solitude and being an individual are not a means of shutting yourself off from the world, but a means of maneuvering and relating to it. Some seemingly passed methods of self-discovery and transcendence are becoming ever more pertinent to seeing the world for what it is and living a fulfilling life within it. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau’s perspectives, philosophies, and composed writings on the topic of solitude’ society, and self reliance serve as guidelines to achieving individualistic ideals and freedom from the constraints of society tends to have on the mind, spirit, and, soul.

The poem, "Daystar," by Rita Dove, is about a mother who feels trapped in this world of her role as a stay-at-home mother and a wife. Her days are filled with repetitive chores she has to do to care for her children. The only free time the mother gets is when her children are napping for one hour, which feels like no time at all to her. " Sometimes there were things to watch—the pinched armor of a vanished cricket, a floating maple leaf. " This just shows the audience how she occupies her mind with little things. For a mere second, her mind escapes by watching a little cricket or a simple maple leaf. We see that this mother is trapped in this lifestyle because she feels like she has no freedom. Her existence is solely based on making sure her children are properly taken care of. Dove uses imagery in this poem to set the mood for the poem."Other days she stared until she was assured when she closed her eyes she'd only see her own vivid blood." This quotation from the poem shows us that she feels so lost in this life that when she closes her eyes, even for a second, she can feel alive because she is not worried about her role as a mother anymore.

My concentration explores the loneliness of men in different context: in the woods, city, ocean, and even among other people. I often wonder, why we often feel even lonelier despite having more friends and convenient technology. But if loneliness is bad, why would I sometimes prefer to drift away. Say isolation is bad, is it even avoidable? Most importantly, how am I supposed to reconcile the contradicting desire of isolation and belonging? In my portfolio, I attempt to answer with a story

Though isolating one’s self from others from time to time can be healthy, those who experience isolation will inevitably crave intimate connections with others, which, unfortunately, is something that not all can achieve. The short story, “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, shows the effects that loneliness and isolation can bring to those who struggle with it. “Miss Brill” deals with the elderly, solitary title protagonist, who spends her Sunday afternoons the exact same way, with the exception of one Sunday afternoon to which her reality finally catches up to her. While Miss Brill finds herself surrounded with an abundance of people and lively music, she still finds it difficult to engage with those around her. Through this text, Mansfield

Thoreau, a writer of several poems, explores how being in solitude helps a person. In the poem “Solitude”, Thoreau talks about how “ This will vary with different natures but

The inspiration for both William Wordsworth’s poem “I wandered as lonely as a cloud” and Dorothy’s journal entry comes from a walk they took in the Lake District along the Gowbarrow park. The daffodils alongside the riverbank struck both enough to write about them. Though daffodils serve as the focal point for both writings, Dorothy records the sight in front of her whereas William offers a more mystical and spiritual perception of the experience.

The subject that will be investigated is demise. Passing. is a frightening occasion that. will happen. to everybody. Each. minute. of the day somebody. bites the dust, and tragically pure individuals are getting killed each day from these awful wars going ahead on the planet. Nobody assumes about others and how they feel. Weapons, bombs, gas assaults, they all slaughter and take lives of folks, youngsters or even entire towns. To comprehend the two sonnets, their likenesses, their disparities and both their hostile to war messages, one should truly. study the sonnets top to bottom, as both ballads have a profound, incredible. criticalness behind them.

Being alone had it’s advantages, no one bothered me, I could read in peace, listen to my favorite bands, and play my Rpg games to my heart 's content. Loneliness, something that a majority of people experience in a lifetime for many reasons. It can lead one’s own psyche to be conflicted to the world. This was all based on speculation of course. There’s no proof that my judgment is correct, nor can it be proven false either. It truly just depends on the person and who they associate themselves with.

From my reading of both the ‘Grasmere Journals’ written by Dorothy Wordsworth and also the poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ written by William Wordsworth, I believe that there is a strong relationship between the two. I think that both William and his sister Dorothy experienced the same relationship with the Daffodil’s they saw. The only difference is that William expressed his experience through poetry while Dorothy expressed hers through diary entries. From the evidence we have with the dates of when both were written, I believe William wrote his poem based on Dorothy’s journals. I would be of the opinion that Dorothy’s journals were written from her experience alone while Williams’s poem was written under the influence of Dorothy’s ‘Grasmere

A thoughtful person's longing for isolation is something beyond an inclination. It is critical to our wellbeing and satisfaction. We require time alone to reestablish ourselves. Contemplative people are forced to inspire ourselves in social circumstances to the point of depletion. At that point, we feel regretful for getting to be plainly fractious and grumpy. We point the finger at ourselves for not having the capacity to be "on" constantly.