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 contains an eternal truth of spiritualism. Human life is composed of two vital categories. First, an arena of materialism and second, an arena of spiritualism. Human life exists in between these.
The poet has duly narrated the mode of life vividly. Life is full of illusions. This truth has been unveiled through some metaphorical examples.The comparison mentioned here, is carrying a significant meaning. Our life is surrounded by material things. We stay among them. But before the final departure, we have to leave everything behind. A child is fond of toys and playing with them. Mother is entrusted to take the responsibility of her children. Mother guides them that playthings should be resulted and go to bed alone. By the vital significance, benign mother wishes to guide the baby towards the path of getting mental rest. Similarly, here \"Nature\" or God leads us towards the place of permanent rest and bliss. A metaphorical scanning says us that we look back towards the world of materialism in a very certain time of getting into the afterlife.To tell in details, material world has been symbolized by the toy-world, which is sheerly momentary and transitory. So, Goddess nature performs her best for our eternal peace and bliss.
BY--DIPAYAN DUTTA

| Posted on 2013-05-23 | by a guest

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This poem contains an eternal truth of spiritualism. Human life is composed of two vital categories. First, an arena of materialism and second, an arena of spiritualism. Human life exists in between these.
The poet has duly narrated the mode of life vividly. Life is full of illusions. This truth has been unveiled through some metaphorical examples.The comparison mentioned here, is carrying a significant meaning. Our life is surrounded by material things. We stay among them. But before the final departure, we have to leave everything behind. A child is fond of toys and playing with them. Mother is entrusted to take the responsibility of her children. Mother guides them that playthings should be resulted and go to bed alone. By the vital significance, benign mother wishes to guide the baby towards the path of getting mental rest. Similarly, here \"Nature\" or God leads us towards the place of permanent rest and bliss. A metaphorical scanning says us that we look back towards the world of materialism in a very certain time of getting into the afterlife.To tell in details, material world has been symbolized by the toy-world, which is sheerly momentary and transitory. So, Goddess nature performs her best for our eternal peace and bliss.
BY--DIPAYAN DUTTA

| Posted on 2013-05-23 | by a guest

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Actually its a sonnet.
The rhyme scheme x late father in law liked it and we read it to him during his last illness.

| Posted on 2013-04-17 | by a guest

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This poem is an Italian Sonnet of the form ABBA ABBA CDE CDE. The octet of the poem introduces the comparison between nature and a mother while the sestet of the poem explains how nature is beyond our comprehension.

| Posted on 2011-04-17 | by a guest

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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