Why The Second Coming By W. B. Yeats Lack All Priviction?

To conclude, this is one example of a theme in my opinion that Jungle of Bones by Ben Mikaelsen is trying to show.The theme is angrier leads to bad decisions.Dylan proves this a lot threw out the book.How every your attitude is will reflect on your

People working on their dreams will encounter unmotivated, ignorant individuals who will try to convince them that nothing is possible. Nonetheless, they overcame the prejudice and heavily relied on determination and motivation to succeed. Because they realize that it is achievable and crucial to accomplish their ambition. When comparing “The Rose that grew from Concrete” By Tupac Shakur and “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas, it is seen that both authors focus on how people must not give up, yet they have completely different perspectives which they express using personification and symbolism.

By simply reading the title of the poem, one realizes that Yeats is giving out a warning to never love wholeheartedly. In the opening lines of the poem, “Never give all the heart, for love / Will hardly seem worth thinking of”, the speaker continues his warning.

    The last three lines of the poem, "And all their eyes still fixed, hoping to find once more, /Being by Calvary’s turbulence unsatisfied, / The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor," are the strongest. Yeats is saying that, although they are unhappy with their lives, they have not given up hope. They still feel that they can find perfect happiness. They realize that this happiness cannot be found in the lives they are currently living. Yeats often used the image of the cross or of Christ’s crucifixion to symbolize things such as "discord, incompleteness, opposition, mortality, temporality" (Ellmann and O'Clair, 135). With this line, he is saying that these people have given up hope that they will ever be happy in their hectic, strife-filled, material worlds. They are now turning to God in order to find some sense of peace and fulfillment in their lives. The

In Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the speaker is a son talking to his aging father and pleading with him to fight against death. The son knows that death is the inevitable end to every life, but feels one should not give up to death too easily. By using metaphor, imagery, and repetition, Thomas reinforces the son's message that aging men see their lives with sudden clarity and realize how they might have lived happier, more productive lives. These men rail against fate, fighting for more time to set things right.

However, Erikson’s seventh psychosocial stage is better used to explain Sweet’s life outcomes because of his negative life experiences. Erikson’s seventh psychological stage is called “Generativity vs. Stagnation”. Generativity is focused on the concern for the family and society in general whereas stagnation expresses someone’s discontent with life, reflects poor psychosocial outcomes of an individual and that individual is usually characterized by having low tolerance (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2007, 444). In Arc of Justice, Boyle provides several examples of Sweet’s middle age, which was being ruled out by a stagnant behavior. Sweet’s stagnant behavior did not start to showing up until his middle age where he was actually in the middle of his trials. A more specific example of his stagnant behavior was seen during his first trial when Sweet agreed to testify out of pride, at this point, Sweet, “had become the representative of his race and the champion of its rights- and, as always, out of obligation” (Boyle, 2005, p. 288). Sweet soon became fully stagnant when he started doing only what his lawyers, friends and colleagues wanted him to do. Sweet once expressed, “I have to die like a man or like a coward” (Boyle, 2005, p. 289). These words only prove his egocentric way of thinking and manifest the pride that lived within him. Because of Sweet’s stagnant behavior, he soon started

The first way the authors show the theme of ambition is through symbolism. For example, in “Andy Lovell”, Arthur writes, “there was better stuff in that knife, before it was lost, than in any other knife in the shop.” In this scene, Andy Lovell’s neighbor is presenting him a knife that was left outside. The knife was rusted, while another identical knife that had been in use was perfectly fine. This symbolizes what can happen to someone when they do not have a goal. A person who gives up their direction can begin to deteriorate. Later in the story, symbolism is seen when Arthur tells, “Andy Lovell shut the blinds before the windows of his shop… the future looked very blank.” Here, Andy Lovell has officially closed down his shop. He has given up doing what he loves most, and he realizes that there is nothing waiting for him in the future. This sense of uneasiness describes the negative effects of giving up your aspirations. In the poem “The Song of the Old Mother,” symbolism is shown when Yeats relates, “And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.” Here, fire is representing a person's passion. When you do not have a purpose, the fire begins to fade away. This can cause a person to lose their excitement and energy, much like a fire does when it begins to diminish. Similarly, this poem shows this by adding, “I must scrub and bake and sweep till stars are beginning to blink and peep.” This symbolizes how the subject of the poem, and elderly woman, spends her days doing nothing but working. While this sounds tedious, it hints at the fact that she finds her purpose in life through her work. Without it, she would fall victim to the effects of old age. Through these examples, the reader gets and understanding of the importance of having desires.

The speaker believes that love is hard to come by and that he is sad that he may not encounter it, since death is just around the corner. The speaker then also talks of “unreflecting love,” thus depicting that the speaker has never experienced real love and is unlikely to ever experience it, because he is so worried about death’s fast approach. However, at the end of “When I have Fears,” the speaker reflects that his goals for literary prowess and love are “nothingness” in comparison to the grand scope of things. There is hope after death, and Keats’ narrator finds solace in this. Although he has not achieved everything he had wanted, the speaker is still appreciative of what he was able to do. On the other hand, Longfellow’s speaker in “Mezzo Cammin” takes on a much more sorrowful and negative tone. Using diction of “half of my life,” “years slip,” and “not fulfilled,” Longellow shows that the speaker is really dreading and mourning his day to go. It seems that the speaker’s fear of death completely and irresolutely hinders him from accomplishing any of his goals. He is too busy being pessimistic about his life that he is unable to live in the present. He is also unable to dream into the future. Unlike Keats’ speaker, Longfellow’s speaker is completely stunted in from any possible growth. He is too stuck in the Past and its images of “smoking roof, soft bells, and gleaming lights.” This hazy

Yeats Irish Identity shaped poetry, mythology and history, other Irish writers, folktales, Irish Theatre. Many people say that William Butler Yeats was the greatest poem writer from the 20th century but to him he was just an ordinary person that had a love for writing poems. William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 in County Dublin, Ireland to John Butler Yeats, a lawyer turned portrait painter and Susan Mary Pollexfen, daughter of a wealthy family from county Sligo Yeats's mother shared with her son her interests in folklore, fairies, and astrology as well as her love of Ireland, particularly the region surrounding Sligo in western Ireland where Yeats spent much of his childhood. He had a brother named Jack and two sisters, namely, Elizabeth

William James, an American philosopher and psychologist once said “believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” Life, regardless of how close it lies to death, is worth keeping. The poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, by Dylan Thomas is a son’s appeal to a fading father. He shows his father that men from all walks of life confront death, however, they still war against it. Thomas uses figurative language to classify men into four different categories to persuade his father to realize that a life, regardless of how it was lived, should be fought for.

It explains to the reader that no matter how many times a man fails or succeeds in his life, it comes down to whether or not they give it there all or not.

Garreau emphasizes this scenario by quoting Faulkner’s famous saying that “man will prevail ‘because he has a soul, a spirit capable of passion and sacrifice and endurance’” (qtd. in 209).

The speaker's negative attitude toward desire is established early on in the poem as the speaker compares desire to many dreadful things in an almost ironic way. Desire is first described as a "blind man's mark," which creates a dark irony and sets the negative tone for the rest of the poem (1). A blind man would not be able to see his target, so therefore he would not be able to clearly aim at the target. Rather, he must shoot blindly and hope to hit the mark, which is what desire causes people to do. Desire can also be seen as a "fool's self-chosen snare," implying that those who desire are foolish because they chose to fall into the trap of desire rather than attempting to avoid it (1). These metaphors begin to characterize desire as foolish and something that one cannot control. The metaphors in the next line set up the speakers personal view on desire, as a "fond fancy scum" and "dregs

Explanation: I believe that the word choice of the preceding passage creates an overall tone of perplexity and a reflective mood. For example, “find every imperfection” is something that many people can relate to what I am stating. Individuals seem to look at their flaws rather than their perfections. I hope that the reader is able to feel more connected to the writing and understand that every human being has “imperfections”. Also, the words, “destroy your confidence” help the reader think about life and how they can stand up for people. They are purposely wanting to “destroy” that individual. I wanted the reader to get the idea that it doesn’t make sense why people do bad things to others. In the end, everyone has the ability to make a difference because there always has to be someone that creates a new

A man is going through a very hard situation. He is struggling very much, but he remembers that he has never given up in his life, and he’s not about to start now. He thanks the gods that gave him his unconquerable soul, and decides that he controls himself no matter what. Things can come up in a person's life that can really make it hard for them to move on but they still have to keep trying. This idea can be seen in these two poems that are about to be compared. “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas both convey the message that people should never give up no matter the circumstance.