"Daybreak" by H. W. Longfellow

About the poet :

            

            H. W. Longfellow was born on February 27th 1807,in Portland, Maine. He was an American poet and educator. He was also the first American to translate Dante Algiers's 'The Divine Comedy. Longfellow died in Cambridge on March 24,1882 in London. 

About the poem :

              In this poem wind address mists, sailors, land ward, forest, wood -birds, belfry -tower, and the dead persons.   

              

                    In the first stanza we come to know that the wind that comes out of the sea . It says the mists to make place for it. Later it greets the ship and wakes up the mariners and says them that night has been gone. And even to the part of the land it says that ships are going and day is going to rise. 

                 In the next stanza poet awakes the forest and shout at them that all the trees have to hang out their leaves like the banners are hang out. It touches the wings of wood -birds, who were sleeping by folder wings. And then it flies over the farms and wakes up the cocks.

In the next stanza wind addresses the fields of corn that they have to bow down and moves with the wind. At last it addresseds to the dead in their graves telling them sadly, that their hour for reawakening has not yet arrived as they must wait till the day of judgment. 

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"The Old Woman"

 About The Poet :

             Joseph Campbell was born on 26th March 1904 and died on 30th October, 1987.

               He was an American and mostly famous as mythologist, writer and lecturer. He is known for comparative mythology and comparative religion. 

About the poem 

            The poem "The Old woman" is very small and realistic in nature. It's real and naturel to see beauty in young woman, but it is very difficult to describe the beauty of old woman. It is great imagination by Campbell to see that beauty in old age. 

 In the first stanza poet compares the old lady with a white candle. As white candle gives light and guided the person who comes there in holy place. The poet compared her face with the light of a candle, as it shine like candle. She guides others by the true experience of her life. 

In the second stanza old women's life of wide experiences is compared with the radiance of the winter sun. The poet used the word"spent radiance "  for  the winter sun. Poet compared traveling life of the lady with it very naturaly. 

In the last stanza, the poet compared her maturity and steadiness with the still water of ruined mill. She is so matured that brooding goes out from her thoughts, speech and behavior. 

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