The Life Cycle
Both “Birches” and “Spring and all” are the all-day true poems which were written during the cultural and social change of the 20th century. Those poems are life changers because they have a strong cone on the human life using natural source as a means of expression during those historic sociocultural changes of that time. Robert Frost’s “Birches” and William Williams’ “Spring and all” are two modernist poems that symbolize and acknowledge the eminence of life: birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, aging, and death using nature. Even though those two modernist poets write about the importance of life, they use different means and ways of expression. Natural resource, such as a plant is beautiful for admiration, explanation …show more content…
The difference between living and nonliving is that living thing is in constant change as in the case of human baby changing from child to adolescent. Adolescence is a step to become independent, mature, self-governing, and love and being loved emotionally by the opposite sex. Williams explains this stage of life, says “Now the grass, tomorrow/ the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf” (lines 20-21). The poet emphasizes now the grass, dependent, weak, and shaky is tomorrow going to become independent, strong, and sturdy fruit as “wildcarrot leaf” when he is talking about maturity. Someone eats the fruit when it is ripe, mature and sweet, but not rotten. Williams is more knowledgeable of this natural stage as an expression of human development. Moreover, Robert Frost highlights saying “For him to conquer. He learned all there was” (line 32). His briefings of adulthood are not only a short and quick human life cycle, but also an established life on its own turn to be faced boldly and self-confidently. Both adolescent and adulthood should live by immersing self in the culture and norm of the society slowly and steadily by learning from
Both “Birches” and “Spring and all” are the all-day true poems which were written during the cultural and social change of the 20th century. Those poems are life changers because they have a strong cone on the human life using natural source as a means of expression during those historic sociocultural changes of that time. Robert Frost’s “Birches” and William Williams’ “Spring and all” are two modernist poems that symbolize and acknowledge the eminence of life: birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, aging, and death using nature. Even though those two modernist poets write about the importance of life, they use different means and ways of expression. Natural resource, such as a plant is beautiful for admiration, explanation …show more content…
The difference between living and nonliving is that living thing is in constant change as in the case of human baby changing from child to adolescent. Adolescence is a step to become independent, mature, self-governing, and love and being loved emotionally by the opposite sex. Williams explains this stage of life, says “Now the grass, tomorrow/ the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf” (lines 20-21). The poet emphasizes now the grass, dependent, weak, and shaky is tomorrow going to become independent, strong, and sturdy fruit as “wildcarrot leaf” when he is talking about maturity. Someone eats the fruit when it is ripe, mature and sweet, but not rotten. Williams is more knowledgeable of this natural stage as an expression of human development. Moreover, Robert Frost highlights saying “For him to conquer. He learned all there was” (line 32). His briefings of adulthood are not only a short and quick human life cycle, but also an established life on its own turn to be faced boldly and self-confidently. Both adolescent and adulthood should live by immersing self in the culture and norm of the society slowly and steadily by learning from