Poetry is a form of art that’s been part of this world for many centuries. Poetry is merely more than just words, a human expression symbolizing life/nature through experiences and influences. Many poems concentrate around a main idea, normally a poem addresses a theme or idea concerning a human existence. In “Death Constant beyond Love” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and “Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi and “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave” by Frederick Douglas all express a nature and human behavior change through life implications. The constant battles in life and social life changes personal behavior and how you view nature and life there after.
In “Death Constant beyond Love”, Garcia Marquez describes …show more content…
Leopardi is left still wondering about the rest of nature that’s beyond his reach and vision (3). Leopardi’s life of being bound to a wheelchair and stuck in the house brought forth a depressing clear image of his state of mind and behavior. Leopardi also describes a comforting sound of nature, states that when the wind blows through the trees, the soothing sound is comforting in comparison to Marquez whose new found love also creates that same peaceful state of mind. The sound of wind is also a constant reminder of his only highlight of his day; he believes it will be the only thing he has to look forward to until he dies. In Leopardi’s final lines he has come to final thoughts about nature, his imagination can only go so far (14-15). Leopardi finishes his work with a not so attractive poem that depicts the power of nature and vision without a social life. As opposed to Marquez’s whose poem depicts the power of death the life implication through a terminal illness, yet both having the same negative …show more content…
Fredrick Douglass’s emotions, feelings, empathy, and sympathy produce a positive behavioral and mental state of mind. Douglass states being headstrong got him to prevail in social status and in life in general. Douglass also states reading is the power that set him on his way to freedom (para 512). Douglass illustrates the importance of being literate in a slave world. The brutal treatment and his love for his first wife he managed to strategically escape from his master thus exposing his wings metaphorically (para 513). Fredericks illustrates that this negative behavior and life implications made him positive and ambitious in life. Unlike Marquez and Leopardi whose life implications made them change to a negative state of mind, changing how they view nature and life. Their environment made them believe life was over when in reality all they had to do was acclimate and reform much like Fredrick