Why are poems written and why are they so admirable? My answer to this question is because poems are raw. Most poets write about death, love, pain, suffering, destruction, nature, beauty and much more. In other words, they do not sugar coat anything for us, the readers, which is why I describe their work as raw. Another reason I consider their work is raw is because, poets, tend to write about their own lives and their own experiences which allows the readers to relate to them with ease. The poems I chose to compare are “Autumn Movement” by Carl Sandburg, “Birches” by Robert Frost and “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry. Why did I choose these three poems? Well its simple, these poems have one theme in common which is they are all about
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Robert Frost, in the poem, discuses how certain factors of nature bring up memories for him. At times, although I can’t visually recall a memory from my childhood, I am able to recall a certain smell. “Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish. / Kicking his way down through the air to the ground. / So was I once myself a swinger of birches. / And so I dream of going back to be (Lines 39-42). In “Birches”, Frost, talks about the concept how nature can bring back memories whether it’s through certain smell or watching some children swing. We see in the lines above how he is recalling his childhood by watching these children swing in the trees and wishes he could go back to the simpler times when he was those children. Towards the end of the poem he says, “I’d like to get away from earth awhile / and then come back to it and begin over… / Earth’s the right place for love (Lines 48-49, 52). Although at times he wants to climb the birches and be far away from Earth and all his worries, he doesn’t completely want to disappear because “Earth’s the right place for love” (Line
Robert Frost, in the poem, discuses how certain factors of nature bring up memories for him. At times, although I can’t visually recall a memory from my childhood, I am able to recall a certain smell. “Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish. / Kicking his way down through the air to the ground. / So was I once myself a swinger of birches. / And so I dream of going back to be (Lines 39-42). In “Birches”, Frost, talks about the concept how nature can bring back memories whether it’s through certain smell or watching some children swing. We see in the lines above how he is recalling his childhood by watching these children swing in the trees and wishes he could go back to the simpler times when he was those children. Towards the end of the poem he says, “I’d like to get away from earth awhile / and then come back to it and begin over… / Earth’s the right place for love (Lines 48-49, 52). Although at times he wants to climb the birches and be far away from Earth and all his worries, he doesn’t completely want to disappear because “Earth’s the right place for love” (Line