Where does the value of a human lie? Does our value increase with our wealth and decrease with our poverty? The value of a human being should not be based on numbers or on anything that falters. We are equivalent bodies on this earth set out to fulfill our own individual purposes. The realization of what our value is and who we are is what categorizes the human race. “To Myself” by W.S. Merwin depicts the life of a man who is of value to other people but has no self-worth. In that case, he analyzes himself in a way that makes who he thinks he is idle from what he is known to be. In order to convey this analyzation, alluded imagery, questionable diction, and a theme of the acceptance of confusion are used. On this quest of life that we are
