A Shadow
I said unto myself, if I were dead,
What would befall these children? What would be
Their fate, who now are looking up to me
For help and furtherance? Their lives, I said,
Would be a volume wherein I have read
But the first chapters, and no longer see
To read the rest of their dear history,
So full of beauty and so full of dread.
Be comforted; the world is very old,
And generations pass, as they have passed,
A troop of shadows moving with the sun;
Thousands of times has the old tale been told;
The world belongs to those who come the last,
They will find hope and strength as we have done.
What would befall these children? What would be
Their fate, who now are looking up to me
For help and furtherance? Their lives, I said,
Would be a volume wherein I have read
But the first chapters, and no longer see
To read the rest of their dear history,
So full of beauty and so full of dread.
Be comforted; the world is very old,
And generations pass, as they have passed,
A troop of shadows moving with the sun;
Thousands of times has the old tale been told;
The world belongs to those who come the last,
They will find hope and strength as we have done.
REVIEW
Acording to my interpretation and a few readings of the poem talks about two different generations ,one generation being the earlier ones ,the more experienced individuals who fear ,who are afraid that if they die what wil happen to the future .They fear the outcome of the newer generations and are afraid that there will be no one to teach them the ways of life.The older generation believes that the children are looking up to them for guidance and furtherance and they will not be able to provide the youth any support if they die. A beautiful line reads;
Their lives, I said,
Would be a volume wherein I have read
But the first chapters, and no longer see
To read the rest of their dear history,
It says that only a few chapters of the youngs life are covered but much more is there to teach and needs to be taught. Different generations pass along like shadows and its their duty to teach the next the ways of life. The poem ends on the note that this has been happeneing since centuries and the world belongs to the future ,it is theirs to uphold and like the previous gnerations before them they will find strenghth and hope to live and improve their and their childrens lives.
Their lives, I said,
Would be a volume wherein I have read
But the first chapters, and no longer see
To read the rest of their dear history,
It says that only a few chapters of the youngs life are covered but much more is there to teach and needs to be taught. Different generations pass along like shadows and its their duty to teach the next the ways of life. The poem ends on the note that this has been happeneing since centuries and the world belongs to the future ,it is theirs to uphold and like the previous gnerations before them they will find strenghth and hope to live and improve their and their childrens lives.
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