Review Of Edwin Morgen's Poem 'The Aspect Of Life'

Frost then takes the reader through a similar grieving process as the family and friends of the boy experience some, or possibly all, of the same stages of grief that the boy experienced. It is stark reminder of the lives of the ordinary and of the many families who lost many children before they reached their teenage years. Disease and the lack of medical science back then resulted in a higher death rate of young children.

Laughter is a therapeutic form. In the novel One flew over the cuckoo’s nest by Ken Kesey laughter represents freedom and an escape from nurse Ratched’s restrictions.

Stanza three is where the poet reflects on the old man and thinks about how he must live his life. Edwin Morgan creates an image of how the world is to the old man:

Emotional events can be very difficult on the mind and how someone may do during their daily life. On a daily basis, laughing can be seen in many people dealing with many different situations; however, not all of these situations are ones where laughing should be present. Although humor is a necessity to living a happy life, if there are situations happening that one would need to take seriously due to it being emotional, then one should take it in strides and try to not cope with humor. Introducing humor as a coping method over long periods of time can lead to psychological issues and shoving everything down inside, instead of talking about it and using a proper coping method for the situation.

Humor has been said to play a large role in our everyday lives, including having an impact on ones well-being; mainly influencing their level of self esteem. Humor is often seen as a coping mechanism for dealing with stressful events throughout a person 's lifetime (Stieger, Formann, & Burger, 2011). For some time there has been the circulating idea that humor is directly related to positive life outcomes, but has been supported with very limited empirical evidence (Vaughan, Zeigler-Hill, & Arnau, 2014). This view is often encrypted in the minds of general society because of the constant use of jokes and sayings that acknowledge the use of humor as a way to deal with life 's current circumstances; using humor as a means to cope (Leist & Müller, 2013). The problem with this view is that it does not consider that there are multiple styles of humor that can affect its relationship with positive life outcomes (Vaughan et al., 2014).

Sean O’Casey once said that, “Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.” Without laughing, man is not living fully. For the men in the novel, One Who Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, they are in a mental institution and are repressed by their head nurse until a new patient, McMurphy, comes in laughing an changing the way everything is ran, turning the insane sane. In the novel, laughter is a symbol of sanity and it helps a person grow stronger, so when the men laugh they grow more confident and obtain the ability to overcome the Nurses’ power.

“ Always find a reason to laugh. It may not add years to your life, but will surely add lie to your years. “ E.e Cummings. Humor is a god- given remedy. We all have that one joke we turn to, and we all have that type of humor we adore. With that being said, I feel everyone loves to laugh,and laughter is very important to have throughout our lives because it can cure the worst sickness ever, sadness.

In the book, Life’s Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter by Hal Urban, the author describes how we as human beings must be able to look at the funny side of life. Urban tells the readers that one major key to life is to make your life funny. By making life funny, we relieve or forget about problems that are occurring in everyday life. From being a tension breaker, to having health benefits that include creating endorphins, laughter as the author put it is the “tonic of life” (p.24). Laughter puts our minds at ease and we use it to simplify our lives and create diversions from the added stress in our lives. It makes us forget about the bad and enjoy the good.

Life and death are two things that we as humans must all face. The road from one to the other, from life to death, is a long and at times, both joyous and painful one. Robert Frost’s poems are a prime example of these times and trials. The poems I chose for this paper highlight them, and with Frost’s allegory, they present a sort of silver lining to the string of dark and dreary words he’s pieced together for these poems. The depressing tone to the poems “Acquainted with the Night”, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowing Evening” could be attributed to the death of many of Frost’s family members, and how despite this he overcame it all, and at the end of his life, was a successful writer. These poems to not go

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience three main reasons on how can laughter be the best medicine for human 

The background of this poem is that he remembers the way people used to behave and interact with each other compared to how people interact with one another now. It also talks about the problems and evilness of society, but he only focuses on one problem, unlike ‘Prayer Before Birth’ which talks about many different problems of society. In ‘Once Upon a Time’ the narrator mainly talks to his son about different appearances, and how he tries to pretend to be someone else. He also talks about the past, which is the innocence of his childhood when “they used to shake hands with their hearts” and then he contrasts this image of childhood with the image of today, where there isn’t any more innocence but there are lies everywhere and the appearances have changed as “they only laugh with their teeth”. Then he talks about coldness which is part of normal life nowadays “while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow”. By saying that people’s eyes are as cold as ice, he’s suggesting that there’s no more warmth left in the words people say. This metaphor lets you visualize a block of ice; this could also be pathetic fallacy as it’s cold and unwelcoming. He says that there was a time when people felt what they said but now people just want to take

Even with all the music in the world, Christmas would not be the same without winter. Playing out in the snow, I am a child again; it is nice to be a little carefree sometimes. Along with that, the alluring white snow has the ability to bring siblings together. As in most families, it seems as though my brother Johnny and I are constantly bickering. Strangely enough, the feuds between us simply vanish as we rush to throw on our puffy black earmuffs and over sized boots. What a wonderful quality. However, the best part about the snow is paradoxical to being outside; it is coming back in to see the crackling fireplace dancing in the winter breeze. Upon entering the house, I am hit with the sweet smell of chocolate laced with a hint of peppermint. My mom hands Johnny and I a mug bearing the face of a rosy-cheeked man in a red suit, thawing our hands in the process. By now, it is dark, and peering out the window, all that can be seen is a twinkle of blue Christmas lights

Humor helps a child to cope in different environments. No matter the place or time, having lighter moments every now and then can help a child adjust and eventually cope with the changes. Being able to stay happy and laugh in the middle of unwanted changes is a great way to help a kid learn how to easily adjust and cope in different environments and circumstances regardless of how adverse they are.

Poetry is an expression of one’s emotions and feelings, often people overlook this and read simply what is there instead of divulging further. It is important to remember that “any contemporary poet is a mouthpiece of the Zeitgeist, but, as mouthpieces alter what you put into them, it is helpful to consider the shape of the mouthpiece itself” (MacNeice, 1968). When studying Louis MacNeice’s poetry, it is important to research the context around his texts, especially his childhood. His uncommon upbringing as a child then later his tumultuous adulthood is clear throughout his writing. However, concentrating solely on MacNeice’s childhood when analysing his poetry, it is clear to see that he had a traumatising infantile. With the death of his mother at the age seven (1914 of Tuberculosis), Elizabeth, MacNeice’s sister describes her brother in relation to their mother as “His last memory-picture of her walking up and down the garden path in tears seems to have haunted him for the rest of his life… I think that the shock of seeing the sudden change in the mother whom he loved so much, followed by the uncertainty of her return, may have been the chief factor which caused Louis’s memories of childhood to be so sad and sometimes so bitter” (Terrence, 1970). This can be seen throughout his poetry as a common theme throughout is that of despair and isolation, instilling a clear feeling of melancholy for the reader. As his childhood had such a huge effect on his writing I will be

A lot of people could have been cured had they learned to laugh. More life losses could have been prevented had they laughed their problems off.