Nature Analysis

As a fond mother, when the day is o'er,

Leads by the hand her little child to bed,

Half willing, half reluctant to be led,

And leave his broken playthings on the floor,

Still gazing at them through the open door,

Nor wholly reassured and comforted

By promises of others in their stead,

Which though more splendid, may not please him more;

So Nature deals with us, and takes away

Our playthings one by one, and by the hand

Leads us to rest so gently, that we go

Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay,

Being too full of sleep to understand

How far the unknown transcends the what we know.

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This poem is about nature taking us to bed meaning to our death. it has no ryhme scheme and is one stanza long. in the firts eight lines it's says
As a fond mother, when the day is o'er,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half willing, half reluctant to be led,
And leave his broken playthings on the floor,
Still gazing at them through the open door,
Nor wholly reassured and comforted
By promises of others in their stead,
Which though more splendid, may not please him more-
this meaning that us beign the child, are playign in the world, and than when it's time to go to bed or die mother nature is taking us. we want to go becaus we know that we will no longer have troiubles and mistakes following us wherever we go but want to stay becasue this is all we have known for our whole lives.
we leave our toys or family behind and are not totaly comforted byt eh fact that they will be o.k with out you. and though youi hear promise of rest and happiness you are still doiubtful of this place,
in lines 9-15 teh ded is done.
So Nature deals with us, and takes away
Our playthings one by one, and by the hand
Leads us to rest so gently, that we go
Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay,
Being too full of sleep to understand
How far the unknown transcends the what we know.
this part o fthe poem says that nature deals with us, taking away our thougts and worries one by one and leads us to teh end of the tunnel into teh light, and sh ecompletes the circle of life so smootheley that we forget everythign and go along.

| Posted on 2010-01-29 | by a guest

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just like the mother who leds the reluctant child to bed so does Nature take away our "playthings" and lay us gently to rest.

| Posted on 2008-05-31 | by a guest