Oblivion, is what we all seep into after death. In the poems “Out, out” and A Man Said to the Universe both flaunt this explicit action of humans in their own divergent accession. The poems each have a congruous subject, which is the inevitability of wanting to be known. The two poems can both be compared and contrasted with their sense of tone and theme.
In Addition to the poem “Out, out”, the theme is that people don’t care about you, sure they will care at first, but after you’re “six feet under” your remembrance will eventually fade into the abyss of oblivion. In like manner, A Man Said to the Universe also has a theme that is intertwined with “Out,out” theme, which is that man simply wants to be known by the world and that the world only cares for you if you’ve done something hundred-proof. In A Man Said to the Universe the man says “Sir, I exist!” while the universe replied “However, the fact has not created in me a since of obligation.” In other words, the Universe was saying “yeah you exist, but I don’t care.” Comparatively, in “Out, out” it quoted “No more to build on there. And sense they were not the one dead, they turned to their affairs.” In simpler points …show more content…
In The Man Said to the Universe, the universe is more laconic towards the man, although in “Out, out” the people are more condoling and warm towards the boy. The universe simply didn’t care for the man, he could have died right then and there and the universe would have carried on with whatever it was doing. The people obviously cared for the boy, which is why they gave off a sympathetic tone. The poem “The Hidden Teacher” by Loren Eisely, is in the same fashion with A Man Said to the Universe. They are exceptionally similar for the simple explanation that they are both about how humans only truly care for themselves and nothing
In Addition to the poem “Out, out”, the theme is that people don’t care about you, sure they will care at first, but after you’re “six feet under” your remembrance will eventually fade into the abyss of oblivion. In like manner, A Man Said to the Universe also has a theme that is intertwined with “Out,out” theme, which is that man simply wants to be known by the world and that the world only cares for you if you’ve done something hundred-proof. In A Man Said to the Universe the man says “Sir, I exist!” while the universe replied “However, the fact has not created in me a since of obligation.” In other words, the Universe was saying “yeah you exist, but I don’t care.” Comparatively, in “Out, out” it quoted “No more to build on there. And sense they were not the one dead, they turned to their affairs.” In simpler points …show more content…
In The Man Said to the Universe, the universe is more laconic towards the man, although in “Out, out” the people are more condoling and warm towards the boy. The universe simply didn’t care for the man, he could have died right then and there and the universe would have carried on with whatever it was doing. The people obviously cared for the boy, which is why they gave off a sympathetic tone. The poem “The Hidden Teacher” by Loren Eisely, is in the same fashion with A Man Said to the Universe. They are exceptionally similar for the simple explanation that they are both about how humans only truly care for themselves and nothing