Amazement Comes with Appreciation The Walkers Poems.
Environmental Issues
The main issue that is reverberating these days throughout the world is of Sustainable Development. Sustainable development is the development in way that meets the requirements of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It has three main dimensions Social, Economic, and Environmental. The ratio of pollutants whether they are liquid, gaseous, or nuclear are being dumped into the natural resources that are water and air, is increasing sharply. This concern is considered to very crucial since the environmental degradation is on its way, or in other words the process of global warming is on its way. The ice caps are melting, ozone layer is depleting, and the degree of naturalness in the environment is decreasing. Though there are many sectors and industries that need to be rectified, but airline industry is the one over which the paper would emphasize on.
Airline Industry
Airline industry is one of those industries that have been under severe criticism by the critics. The reasons are quite simple the airline industry is held responsible for the emission of huge amount of greenhouse gases into the air by the airplanes that damage the quality of air, and as well as deplete the ozone layer. When such gases are emitted into the air they cause the temperature to increase, which further results in the melting of ice caps and rising up of sea levels.
Drivers of Sustainability
The main focus of the paper is to discuss the drivers or motivators of sustainability in the airline industry. This is considered to be an important issue and it must be curbed at its earliest so that the climate and environment of the planet can be maintained. Following are the drivers of sustainability
Every single creature has its own role to play and skills to enrich. What differs man from other species is that we can do specific things starting from simple to more complicated ones, while other species exist for the purpose of biological diversity, ecological balance, and aesthetic values. The ability to think and create are only two of the many characteristics of human beings, and as the highest form of animal living in the universe we are given the intelligence to appreciate what we see around us and we should be able to fully understand what they are and why they exist. Appreciating things can be in the form of art, and art can be expressed in many forms such as painting, drawing, architecture, theatre, music, literature and others.
Literature is a form of art which uses language and words as its tool. And it comes with writing of short stories, novels, poems and others. Creating a poem is difficult, because as a form of art it needs harmony. Thats why no matter how good we are only few people has the ability to make poems and create good art. Those people who create poems are called poets and it is one of the noblest professions because writing needs time and heart of the poet it needs a lot of inspiration. Poets are also considered as one of the unfortunate artists because some of them die without having any of their works published. Poets carry the characteristic of being determined, focused and passionate about their profession. They are the pure ones in the essence of not being commercial.
The first poem The Summer Day tells about celebrating life at its fullest and embracing death in the end. The author appears to speak to herself more than anyone else. The second poem When Death Comes tells about death and everything beneath. Like is it falling asleep in a deep slumber or like a disease that kills us mercilessly It tells about curious feeling of travelling beyond life.
Objectives
Poets have different writing styles, and they are being known for their uniqueness. And this paper tackles about the analysis of two of the poems of the author Mary Oliver. Her writing style will be further analyzed through her poems The Summer Day and When Death Comes. Discussions of the similarities and differences of the poems will be the main objective of this paper.
The Author
Mary Oliver is known for the style of having a deep communion with the natural world and her memories of Ohio, her home and New England, her adopted home. She is fond walking and she made it part of her process in writing. Her writing style is of clear and poignant observances of nature and the natural world. Her writings talks of different sceneries, animals and plants. And her poems are of accessible themes (Academy of American Poets, 1997. Mary Olivers writings also include interior monologues and solitude (Doty).
Similarities
Mary Olivers The Summer Day and When Death Comes has themes which are celebration of life because it talks about life and her daily observances of life. It also talks about the way of life. It is very evident in the two poems that there is an emphasis on how life is and the daily occurrences, things that are normal to us but has been put in the state in which it is romanticized. This theme is simple and is easy to understand. Both poems also used words which are easy to understand, even children could easily understand what the author wants to say or describe. Both poems are also in free verse, there is no exact number of syllabication or words in the lines.
The poems were both looking towards the future. In the last two lines of the poem when Death Comes she wrote when its over, I dont want to wonder, this line denotes future because of the word when this word pertains to time and its in the future sense. The other poem The Summer Day she wrote tell me what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life This line also denotes future because of the words plan to do.
The lines now she snaps her wings open and floats away I dont know exactly what a prayer is from The Summer Day and I consider eternity as another possibility both assess that the poems are spiritual in the essence that it states things beyond material existence. Being spiritual is totally different from being religious, because religious means believing in certain norms and beliefs while being spiritual is simply believing in things that we cannot grasp or dont exist in the material world.
The setting of both poems has nature as its setting. This implies that the author has great appreciation on nature and its many wonders. In the poem The Summer Day it asks about the world, grasshopper, swan, and black bear. Grasses and fields were also stated, while in the other poem When Death Comes measle-pox, iceberg, bear and lion. This simply indicates that both poems were written by having sufficiently observing nature and the natural occurrences in nature. Measle-pox is different from flora and fauna because it is a disease but since it is also a natural occurrence in human beings it was being used by the author. The author used these animals and their traits in indicating human traits.
It is noticeable in both poems that it talks about the authors thoughts. Mary Oliver is talking to herself in her both poems like in who made the world Who made the swan and the black bear Who made the grasshopper, the author is stating what is inside her thoughts thats why it is easy for us readers to identify what the author wants to say because she is communicating with us through expressing her thoughts in the poems.
Differences
Although most of the elements of the poems are similar there are also differences. And one of the differences is that the other poem is describing while the other one is asking questions. There is amazement in the authors question like in the line Who made the world Who made the swan, and the black bear Who made the grasshopper It is clear in the questions that there is amazement because the author is not simply asking she is wondering why such things exist and who is responsible for their existence. In the other poem the author is simply describing things. Death was matched to the hungry bear in autumn which indicates that it is not particular to any person. Death will come and no matter who you are and what have you attained in life death will strike you. No one is exempted in death, it will all come to living creatures and no one knows when. The author also described death as having iceberg on you shoulder blades which only indicate that dying is hard to handle. Imagine having iceberg between your shoulder blades, wouldnt you chill because of the coldness
Another difference is that the other poem is stating the present condition while the writer is still alive while the other poem is stating what is there after life. In the line what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life This line states the freedom to live whatever kind of life you want to live and to do whatever you want to do in your life. However, the line when its over I dont want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular real it is clear that the author is stating these lines after life.
In the poem The Summer Day the author is comparing herself with the environment where she exists, her relevance to her environment in her present life. Reading the poems makes you feel that the environment where the person exists is very limited. While in the poem When Death Comes the author wants to unfold the mystery after life.
The poems differ in the essence that in The Summer Day the author is asking her readers which is evident in the line what else should I have done, while the other poem When Death Comes the author is saying the things to herself. The author is simply stating her thoughts through the poem for here to remember it and the readers as well, for them to contemplate with their lives.
It is obvious in the poems that Mary Oliver is celebrating the simplicity of life. The relationship of man and nature is also evident in her writings. Both poems pose challenges to the readers. And both poems are full heartedly written by the author to be able to communicate with her readers. Everyday we keep on asking about life and where it will lead us. These poems show the readers the goodness and downside of living. Its always been crucial to talk about death always painful and unpleasant. Yet, it motivates us to live each day with meaningful deeds and make this life better. Death and misery are most people fear not because its the final destination of all things but because it creates the feeling of urgency we feel that we need to do something significant or something valuable to the world, to the people, to our own life before death invades us.
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