New experiences create varieties of emotions. A worker would be content when s/he receives their first paycheck, or a widow may feel depressed on the day of their wedding anniversary. The poets who had written The Silesian Weavers, Reverie, and The Voyage expressed their distinct attitudes toward new experiences through the lines of their poem.
Through the poem The Silesian Weavers, Heinrich Heine expressed his negative perspective towards new experiences and changes. By utilizing terms such as “cold,” “gloomy,” and “despair,” and “all in vain,” the readers can clearly see that the authors viewed new experiences as abominable. Heine wrote the poem during the year of a violent uprising of weavers against Germany due to the weavers’ mistreatment. …show more content…
Through the entire poem, the readers could clearly see that Baudelaire believed that death was essentially the only new experience that is not barren, “careless if Hell or Heaven be our goal, beyond the known world to seek out the New!” (2142) At the beginning of the poem, however, the author was rather eager to experience new changes so that he could satisfy his unnamable desire. Yet later on, his attitude quickly altered when he saw the corruption in the world and felt greatly disappointed. By utilizing the analogy of watchmen believed that they saw “Eldorado,” yet it was nothing but a reef (2139) Baudelaire evidently showed how disappointed he was about what he had expected changes should be. The more he traveled, the more he saw the depravity and sins of men, “women, a vile salve...man, greedy, lustful, ruthless,” (2140) which were completely opposite of the gems and enjoyment he had saw prior. By showing the superficial beauty of changes and exposing the depravity and ugly internal of new experiences, Baudelaire clearly expressed to the readers that he believed that new experiences are
Through the poem The Silesian Weavers, Heinrich Heine expressed his negative perspective towards new experiences and changes. By utilizing terms such as “cold,” “gloomy,” and “despair,” and “all in vain,” the readers can clearly see that the authors viewed new experiences as abominable. Heine wrote the poem during the year of a violent uprising of weavers against Germany due to the weavers’ mistreatment. …show more content…
Through the entire poem, the readers could clearly see that Baudelaire believed that death was essentially the only new experience that is not barren, “careless if Hell or Heaven be our goal, beyond the known world to seek out the New!” (2142) At the beginning of the poem, however, the author was rather eager to experience new changes so that he could satisfy his unnamable desire. Yet later on, his attitude quickly altered when he saw the corruption in the world and felt greatly disappointed. By utilizing the analogy of watchmen believed that they saw “Eldorado,” yet it was nothing but a reef (2139) Baudelaire evidently showed how disappointed he was about what he had expected changes should be. The more he traveled, the more he saw the depravity and sins of men, “women, a vile salve...man, greedy, lustful, ruthless,” (2140) which were completely opposite of the gems and enjoyment he had saw prior. By showing the superficial beauty of changes and exposing the depravity and ugly internal of new experiences, Baudelaire clearly expressed to the readers that he believed that new experiences are