A Poem Of Ruth Analysis

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility” (Augustine, ND). It is difficult to let go of the human pride. Success in life is an incomparable feeling. The concept of humility is honorable or degradable for people. According to Isaiah Zerbst, his goals in writing is to provide Christian based stories that will encourage the readers Christian character, virtue and trust upon God (Zerbst, ND). In “A poem of Ruth” Zerbst uses mood, tone, and theme to demonstrate that the narrator is in favor of humility. While analyzing the poem, it is noticeable a few words that will sense the mood of the speaker. For example: moan, died, weary, and wraith. All the words sense a mood of sympathy, sadness. In the first three stanzas it expresses about all the difficulties that Ruth went through after losing her father, husband, and brother. The effect on the reader after knowing of all her struggles, is to have sympathy or sadness. The speakers tone on the poem is informative. The purpose of the authors writing is to inform or narrate the reader about this biblical stories. From stanzas 4-7, the poem is very detailed about the story about how Ruth was humbled and found grace before Boaz. Although the poem was …show more content…
Also the tone of the poem was informative. Narrating detailed information about the story of everything Ruth went through in humility in order for her to be rewarded at the end. The theme was of humility and therefore different views come about in that subject now a day. Feminist in modern times will find humility a representation of humiliation. Given these points, we can briefly sense the different points of view in the word humility. In the long run, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it’s thinking of yourself less” (Lewis,