Analysis of the Psalm of Life Poem

Analysis of the Psalm of vitality PoemThis poem dramatizes the conflict between the t heatingh of spirit lived in the mo custodyt and the neglect of the soul when a person focuses on things beyond his control namely the past and the future. There ar many themes uttered by the poet inside this work freedom, happiness, perseverance, truth, futility, spirituality and success. From the title one competency say that the theme is simply to seize the day Carpe Diem (Harmon, 2009, 87). The poems form is that of the spoken communication (324)and the poet encourages the reader to use their imagination. The boy choices and placement within its stanza evoke some(prenominal) a melody and emotion. There be nine stanzas that collapse up the composition and each contain the qualities of the quatrain consist of quartet lines in which lines dickens and four must rhyme while having the same number of syllables (452). Psalm of heart also carries the traits of the dramatic monologue in that t he narrator of the work is the poet himself (177).In stanza one, line one the poet assigns the description of mournful to the liking of numbers. This word was chosen to identify the sense of hearing those who apparently go through look as though it is a chore. The word mournful frames the feeling as though something was lost and captures the grief generated by that loss. Life is merely an empty daydream states why there are so many sorrowful within the hearing if there is no aim higher than what one go off gather on the earth then life itself has no purpose. The poet reveals his want in lines three through four of the first stanza For the soul is unfounded that slumbers/And things are not what they seem. Living life in a rut or for material reasons is the killer of the soul. The soul found unawares, which is what is implied by the word use of slumbers, is most vulnerable to eternal death. Line four tells the audience that they must look beyond the surface of the world as comfortably as beyond themselves. Life is real Life is earnest conveys an seriousness and a bit of desperation. An emphatic proclamation made in a way of a Southern Baptist preacher pleading with those on the elbow room to destruction to turn to the life of the soul. And the grave is not its goal underlines the idea that life is something to be actively engaged in and not further a pilgrimage to death. Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest, is referencing contemporaries 319 and seems to throw this plea for life into a argus-eyed that may speak to the religious up- manner of speaking of his audience. The poet makes a very important specialisation in the following line, Was not spoken of the soul. The creation of man is wholly unique from the rest of life on the earth because the Lord divinity fudge formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul(Genesis 319). These two lines bring into the poets invocation the backing of scripture.Stanza four brings away the thought of futility Art is long, and Time is fleeting,/And our hearts, though stout and brassy,/ Still, like muffled drums, are beating funeral marches to the grave. It is as though the poet wants to remind his audience that every moment, every heartbeat is bringing them closer to the inevitable end ones life- metre. This further underlines the idea of seizing the day. In using the word fleeting the poet attempts to get across that time leave behind just continue on without regard for the individual- no matter how brave and firm ones heart might be. The poet is again underlining that life today is either one really has when faced with the flow of time. Stanza five, line 18 introduces a word that is unfamiliar in todays way of life bivouac. This word outlined in Merriam-Webster as a temporary or casual render or lodging and by itself holds the idea of the entire poem which is that this life is temporary. This stanza evokes ur gency through the use of the exclamation head up. The poet is telling his audience to be the hero of their own engagements rather than a pawn in the battle of another with the words Be not like the dumb, driven kine/ Be a hero in the strife. Stanza six addresses the two possible positions of the audience and bring to them some very specific supplications for those who are living for tomorrow the poet says, Trust no Future, howeer pleasant and for those who would lament the past, permit the dead Past bury its dead. The poet does not leave the audience wondering what their response should be but plainly states, Act, act in the living present Heart within, and God oerheadPeople derriere make what they will of their own lives and can follow the example of the great men that came before them, Lives of great men all remind us/We can make our lives sublime,. There is no secret that separates those who are great from those that run for through life without leaving an impression. It s eems as though the poet is saying that those who are considered great took advantage of the opportunities of their present. It is those people who departing, leave behind us/Footprints on the sand of time who provide encouragement not only to their generation, but for those in the generations to come Footprints, that perhaps another,/Sailing oer lifes solemn main,/A hopeless and shipwrecked brother,/Seeing shall take heart again.The final stanza brings a soft point to the compelling argument of the previous eight. It is as though the poet it taking the passel of the audience to pull them gently from the bed of their complacency. The hand held out shows that go along the road of today does not mean a journey travelled alone, Let us then be up and doing,/With a heart for any fate/Still achieving, still pursuing,/ Learn to jab and wait. The poet takes the hand of the reader now as he did during his own time and seems to say to each individual Let us move forward together.