Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Though I am Young
This poem done by Ben Johnson is fairly easy to understand. However,the point the author is tryng to get across is very powerful. As you look at the title you see that the narrator of the poem is young in age. He/she does not fully grasp the whole idea of love or death, because they have not experienced them. The person, however is able to give us some keen insight on these two things as they are compared throughout the poem. It is known that both love and death cause pain. The narrator comes to the realization that in the end love conquers all. Even while death will inevitably have its way with you, that certain event will pass, and love will continue on after death.
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i agree. in the title it shows that the speaker is innocent and inexpierence in love and death, but knows enough about them to try and explain. Even though at the end he says that love will 'fright the frost out of the grave' (im assuming that means love will beat death in a spiritual/symbollic way. Even though the speaker is innocent and young he still knowss love will win.
After reading this poem it seems as though the young person is tyring her best to grasp these two serioius subjects. Maybe she's doing this because she has heard of these from adults or maybe children have been talking about love or maybe someone in her family just died. It appears tome though that she has a pretty good idea of them. I think that when she describes death and love by temperature that she is right on. Death is something that numbs a person and can make them disattached from others or even themselves. Love however is something that heats someone up and stirs up all different kinds of emotions and makes someone active rather than feeling still and senseless. Lvoe can be deadful to some and while death can cool down the emotions love will always win because God will love you forever. KERTH
I dont think that the narrator has not experienced love and death, or has heard about it from adults. I think that it is more likely that they have experienced both and that is why we (as the readers) get an indepth and descriptive message from the narrator. I think that maybe the narrator has loved someone who then died but he is telling us that love conquers death and lasts forever, even after been long dead. It is inconceivable that the narrator would have such an indepth view and knowledge on this subject without actually experiencing it themself.
I think Jonson is writing from a perspective that is not nessacerily concerned with the finite principles of love and death. It seems that he has not experianced either to some extent because of his young age, but it is obvious that he does not need to witness first hand these things. the narrator has the mental capacity to understand both ideas quite easily.
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