The second stanza talks about people keeping hopes and being strong. for example the line: Look deep to find the grains of hope and strength, and sing, my brothers and sisters, and sing ( “Oppression” 2 ), in this line the poet is asking all his brothers and sisters which means everyone to have strength and not to lose hope. The third stanza focuses on revolt and the poet wanting people to express and not be afraid of getting arrested. He says that sacrificing lives is not terrible in fact it’s a heroic act which should be taken for justice. For example in the line: The sun will share your birthdays with you behind bars, the new spring grass like fiery spears will count your years, as you start into the next year, endure my brothers, endure my sisters (“Oppression’’ 3), the poet is encouraging people to endure and suffer and not be afraid to go behind the bars since the sun will share their birthdays and new springs with them.
This document embodied everything America had built up until that point. (Infrastructure, government systems, etc.) The citizens had worked hard to prove to its mother country that they could be independent. No longer would the Americans be oppressed, but rather proud of what they had accomplished. As Jefferson wrote each eloquent word, its apparent that he was proud of what his fellow Americans had accomplished.
The Haunter Imaginatively, and most pathetically, Hardy writes this plaintive and moving poem from the point of view of Emma. It is written in the first person, with her as the imaginary narrator. It is almost as if, in putting these words in the mouth of Emma (who, in the poem, sees Hardy as oblivious of her presence) Hardy is trying to reassure himself that she forgives him and continues to love him. Detailed commentary Though Hardy does not know it, Emma's phantom follows him in his meanderings, hearing, but unable to respond to, the remarks he addresses to her in his grief. When Emma was able to answer Hardy did not address her so frankly; when she expressed a wish to accompany him Hardy would become reluctant to go anywhere - but now he does wish she were with him.
Our focus as believers, for ourselves, is to love and worship God, to uplift Him in everything we do, to glorify Him in our lives, to love those around us, to be a light in a dark world, and to share God’s love with everyone around us. It ultimately comes back to us serving God and pleasing Him (Crabb, 1977, p. 21). As Psalm 144:15 states, “Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord”. Rather than seeking happiness, one should focus their efforts on seeking God. From there, true happiness will emerge.
However, the Bible states that, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1). Nature is not solely decoration; it glorifies God and shows His splendor. Another difference between the poem and a Christian’s view on death is regarding the purpose of life and death. In the poem, it seems that the only point in life is to complete the circle of life, that in the end “Earth… shall claim/ Thy growth” (22-23) and “shalt thou go/ To mix for ever with the elements” (25-26). There is no real hope of redemption, only the prospect of spending eternity in silence with wise, once-famous people and letting one’s body become fodder for the earth in order to preserve another generation.
Lewis and Joy both took the road to Atheism and then landed on the road to Christianity. In the book, A Grief Observed, Lewis compared the pain of death to being mildly drunk, or concussed. Lewis felt as though there was a blanket between him and the world. [6] He questioned, “Where is God?’ Although he questioned God and experienced another great loss, Lewis knew that he could not let his faith in God fade. He had to press on and look to God for his purpose in life and believe that God would strengthen him in his time of bereavement.
The poet wants to show the meaning of life. He sheds light on the fact of death and the brevity of our life. The rhetorical question shows that the poet belittles man's life because it is short and transient. The word "division" shows that man's happiness is short and temporary. The word "short" shows the brevity of the earthly life.
“"O me! O life! "” is an outstanding example of this. In this poem, Whitman asks “for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)”. The purpose to this question is to see that the people around you are not that any better or worse than the reader.
A Guru, later, explained that there are some justifications for war when diplomacy fails. “J. Ferguson, a poet, a believer of peace until no other option is left. He thinks that when all the effort to make/ restore peace fails, and seems to be useless, it is right to fight.” (doc. 2) Doc.4, scriptures from the New Testament: The scriptures taken from Jesus’ teachings explain to followers to love their enemies.
Bradstreet’s poem, “To My Dear and Loving Husband” argues how an individual should live life on Earth opposed to the Puritan belief that one should devote all their time to God in order to seek salvation. Bradstreet opens up with the paradox: “If ever two were one, then surely we.” This paradox defies logic because it is impossible for two individuals to be one. It emphasizes Bradstreet’s love to her husband because she is stating that their love was beyond logic connoting that her love for her husband wasn’t rational, that it was something more. This brings on the ideology of marital unity, which their souls were joined together into one entity opposed to a representation of two individual beings, emphasizing that their love was everlasting. This denounces Puritan belief because only one individual was above reasoning and rationalization, God.