The Lesson Of The Moth Poem Analysis
Beauty is something everyone desires, something everyone feels as a need in their life. Beauty is a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. In the poems, "Identity" by Julio Noboa and "the lesson of the moth" by Don Marquis, the authors have different and similar approaches to the development of the universal theme, beauty. In the poem "the lesson of the moth", the theme is "live life the way it brings out your inner beauty." The author stated that "we get bored with the routine and crave beauty and excitement fire is beautiful" In other words, everyone should bring out their true passion, which develops the theme of the poem. The author also stated that "it is better
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Both authors give out relations to real situations. For example, in "the lesson of the moth" Marquis said that "we are like humans beings used to be before they became too civilized to enjoy themselves" similar to what Noboa stated in "Identity" were it was stated that "I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks." In the poem "Identity", Noboa also used specific language such as words like vast and musty to enhance the feeling of the flower. By doing so he has made the theme more understandable. Unlike the poem "Identity", the author didn't describe the characters feelings but the setting and the situation, such as when he described the fire and what would happen or happened when the moth got near fire. Another similarity is that both poems have a main character that is trying to explain their idea of beauty to someone who thinks something else. The moth is trying to explain to the man that he should be a part of beauty even if it is short lived but the man disagrees. The weed tries to explain how it does not have to be perfect and loved by everyone to be happy but the flower apposes
Both authors give out relations to real situations. For example, in "the lesson of the moth" Marquis said that "we are like humans beings used to be before they became too civilized to enjoy themselves" similar to what Noboa stated in "Identity" were it was stated that "I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks." In the poem "Identity", Noboa also used specific language such as words like vast and musty to enhance the feeling of the flower. By doing so he has made the theme more understandable. Unlike the poem "Identity", the author didn't describe the characters feelings but the setting and the situation, such as when he described the fire and what would happen or happened when the moth got near fire. Another similarity is that both poems have a main character that is trying to explain their idea of beauty to someone who thinks something else. The moth is trying to explain to the man that he should be a part of beauty even if it is short lived but the man disagrees. The weed tries to explain how it does not have to be perfect and loved by everyone to be happy but the flower apposes