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Nature and life has always been one of poets¯ hottest themes. Poets arrange the wonder of nature and the essence of life into words to show their affection toward this magnificent theme. °The Seed Shop± by Muriel Stuart and °To Blossoms± by Robert Herrick are two of the many poems that associate with nature and life. They are depictions of poets¯ devoted appreciation of nature and life. The most striking thing about these two poems is that, despite the similarity in the main theme, they are very different in style, tone, structure, and imagery. °The Seed Shop± and °To Blossoms± are very different in the style. Both poems describe the most basic law of nature, the cycle of life, but they approach it in the opposite way. In °The Seed Shop±, Stuart starts the poem with following the line. °Here in a quiet and dusty room they lie, Faded as crumbled stone or shifting sand.± This line presents the reader a sense of emptiness and desperation. No life exists and stone and sand are the only things occupy the room. As the poem continues, gradually life starts to crawl out -- hawthorn, cedar, lilies, and roses-It begins with °a dale of hawthorn± to °a million roses±. Life has thrived in this deserted room. In °To Blossoms±, He
Through analyze °The Seed Shop± and °To Blossoms±; it is amazing that from one similar theme, two poems can be such different. The differences in style, tone, structure, and imagery give the poems totally different meaning, different perspective and different taste. Stuart portraits himself as god in the poem, he is the only one who witness life triumph on the planet. °Meadows and gardens running through my hand.± This line clearly shows god used his gentle hand to spread the seed of life to this deserted planet, so meadows and gardens can grow. The garden that mention in this line probably is the Garden of Eden. In °To Blossoms±, the fruitful tree is a metaphor of tree of life, and each leave on the tree represents one life. The leave on the tree is beautiful but short live. Herrick questions the leaves why they exist. °What, were ye born to be An hour or half¯s delight; And so to bid goodnight?± Actually he questions himself for the meaning of life. Then he gives the reader an answer that is life is short live, but in our life time we should live meaningfully and pridefully. The difference in imagery also leads to the difference in the role of the poets in the poems. One is being go
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Approximate Word count = 812
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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