Comparing Beggars and The Sailors Mother Essay -- comparison compare

Analysis of Beggars and The Sailors Mother As is obvious, the stories contained in the Wordsworthian poems Beggars and The Sailors Mother, despite being contemporaneously individual and distinct, are intrinsically linked. The fundamental message which the notable author seems to be trying to communicate is that the poor and afflicted are possessed of a greater nobility of spirit than may generally be accepted in society. In each instance, as in others, Wordsworth seeks out the quiet dignity of such individuals, uncovering and emphasising positive aspects of their lawsuit and lives. Even when he allows negativity to creep into his tone, it becomes an almost paternal remonstration (yet a boon I gave here, for the creature / Was beautiful to see a rotter of glorious feature.) In his encounter with her children, despite their evident lies, the narrator is neither judgmental nor harsh with them for this he goes on to describe them as joyous Vagrants, displaying that deal of the aff able rogue common to all genial men of the world even going so far as to wish supernal gifts upon them (Wings let them have.) The poems both(prenominal) have in common the use of pathetic fallacy very early in each poem the weather is raw, wet and in winter time for a melancholy tale, and casts forward summers ... heat for a far more cheery and positive encounter. This not only immediately provides a recurrent frame of reference for anyone familiar with some of Wordsworths other poems, but is a statement of the authors intentions for the rest of the narrative. In both instances constitution and weather references repetitively enter and sustain the poems form and mood a crimson butterfly, yellow flowers the gayest of the land, ... ...ence of style also the fact that exactly one half(prenominal) of the verses of The Sailors Mother are a chronicle of her sons life-story give Wordsworth only odd lines of those verses in which to inform us of the mothers continuing life story a l ine which he fulfils admirably. Though the phrase she begged an alms is used in both poems, there is a humbler nature inherent to the sailors mother than the haughty Amazonian she is more obviously unworldly and truly in need, no weed is she, and says God help me for my little wit in self-deprecation. There is something as charming as the roguish nature of the beggar boys in the way she carries this bird with her a feeling as strong, though Wordworth induces it through differing methods. This is the power of his poetry he makes us feel the lives of others he makes us feel that life has something to offer.