Ethics: Maturity Derives From Experience

The poet also evokes sympathy and compassion in us through her powerful descriptions of the girl 's fragile state of mind. Her perceptions of how she looks and what is important have been warped by anorexia. We might conclude that perhaps her husband has left her as she used to wear a 'gold band ' and the final lines tell us that 'it 'll be worth it to see his face. ' This causes us to consider that perhaps she wants the man in her life who has left her to see her now that she has controlled her weight. Her mental condition does not allow her to see that she is not attractive. She strives to have some kind of control over her life and thinks that controlling her eating is doing this, whereas the opposite is true. This idea is further developed by her use of personification in 'going where the wind dictates. ' This image emphasise just how powerless she is- she has no control over where she goes as she is so

The life of a poet is often a quiet one. From being left isolated by mental and physical illness, to being struck by life-changing tragedy, Christina Rossetti channels her intense emotions through writing. Often creating poetry was her one true release, as most of the time her depression caused her to be unhealthily apathetic. The less interested she became in the world around her, the more intense poetry she would write. With her sentences, she paints scenes that should be beautiful and distorts them, emphasizing the fact that everything can have a negative side. Rossetti, a nineteenth-century English poet, creates an incongruity in her work by comparing the beauty of seasons, flowers, and animals to the burden of her depression.

Something that I noticed in the poem was the fact that pastan makes the value of one item seem much higher whilst lowering the value of the item she is comparing it to. An example of this is when she mentions saving "a Rembrandt painting" and stating that the woman didn't have many years left anyhow. It seems as though she weighs the nonhuman option as more important that the actual human. This to me seems as though it could cause confusion to the reader as they may think that pastan values material goods more than a human life. Although the obvious answer to many would to be to save the old woman the way that pastan devalues the woman could make it as though she would rather save the painting which makes a fairly easy to answer question harder for others to answer.

The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore, at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s struggle with her counterpart. However, this meaning can be interpreted more profoundly than just the causality of a bad relationship.

the many aspects of life that cannot be changed. Through the poem, she shows a

Words expressed only through the agonizing notes of distress and sadness. Only then was the “art and suffering,” comingled in only a way that life’s experiences could bring.

In class we have discussed articles on Ethics, Emotional Intelligence and Generational Differences in Managing Individuals, I began analyzing my own work experiences and the roles these aspects play in my life. Below is my reflection on how the three aspects are interrelated with each other.

What do I notice from the paintings is a figure sitting all alone amidst a rainy storm as if he or she awaits change at a turning point in their life. The starkness of the painting shows the figures emotions and feelings are strong and yet there is always sunshine after the rain.

The poem begins with the poet noticing the beauty around her, the fall colors as the sun sets “Their leaves and fruits seemed painted, but was true, / Of green, of red, of yellow, mixed hue;” (5-6). The poet immediately relates the effects of nature’s beauty to her own spiritual beliefs. She wonders that if nature here on Earth is so magnificent, then Heaven must be more wonderful than ever imagined. She then views a stately oak tree and

This knowing that life should have an end reveals the painter’s freedom to the system run by those who wish to live forever. Along with the orderly, the difference of willful ignorance and freedom can be seen through the exchange of Leora Duncan.

Williams describes the context and story behind this poem which is important, especially relating it to visual art and culture. He

Love makes people become selfish, but it is also makes the world greater. In this poem, the world that the speaker lives and loves is not limited in “my North, my South, my East and West / my working week and my Sunday rest” (9-10), it spreads to “My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song (11). The poem’s imagery dominates most of the third stanza giving readers an image of a peaceful world in which everything is in order. However, the last sentence of the stanza is the decisive element. This element not only destroys the inner world of the speaker, but it also sends out the message that love or life is mortal.

“One Art” divides into two equal parts. First three stanzas the speaker addresses her audience and in the last three she speaks of her by using the pronoun “I”. It navigates from the general to the personal making the verses progress to a level in which the reader learns about the speaker’s biography: at least a few important events in her life, that is, her mother’s watch to her significant other. This mirror symmetry reflects the separation between you and I; the former serves a fellow or student, the latter as master or expert. Hence, poet’s expertise is on the modeling, not so in the preaching. These examples, demonstrate that she is ethically fit to teach you, the reader, about the art of losing. In other word, the proof is in the puddling; the only way of learning is by trying, “Then practice losing farther and losing faster” (7). This is the way the poet shows us her talent. She vehemently expounds on every significant misfortune

Famed street artist, Banksy, once said “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”, demonstrating that people who stand out help and inspire more than those who conform and do their own thing. Art is not limited to the fine arts, but literature, music, self-expression, and even discoveries of science, math, and technology. Those who dare to create and express their emotions live the fullest lives, aiding those in need of inspiration, are the best people, similar to the ideas expressed in “A Psalm of Life” by William Longfellow. The poem also adds the importance of art’s relationship with short lives to push it’s romantic ideas. The poem deals with the ideas of separating oneself from the tightly bound rules and expectations of the society they live in. “A Psalm of Life” is romantic due to relationship between art and death expressed through the symbolism and theme.

The title of this villanelle “One Art” is an interesting concept, meaning that art is something one can perfect if a person practices enough, resembling a new style of painting or taking a high note in music. But Bishop’s art is different, no matter how much an individual will practice losing objects he or she will never be able to get over the loss of some things. Art in the title can be also interpreted as author’s poem, that writing helps her to grow over her losses or at least try to make it seem easier than it is.