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Self-dependence
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Self-dependence is a poem by Matthew Arnold. Highlights: * Stanza 3: The speaker (author) calls out to the stars and waters because he wanted their to be like his. * Stanza 5: The answer of the rustling night air (which is the nature) is that nature is self-dependent in the way they are undisturbed by their surroundings nor they need love, amusement or sympathy. Critique * Characters: speaker (author) and the nature (rustling night air or air born voice) * Conflict: none * Theme: the nature of self-dependence * Message: Be self-dependent as nature does. * Kind of language used: poetic language Even though the poem is very rhetorical and the words used are deep and represents imagery, the poem is still commendable. The poem narrates a story on how the speaker relates his character to the nature in terms of self-dependence. The nature (rustling night air or air born voice) replies his characteristics at which the speaker realizes to resolve himself and lose his misery or worry. The poem gives us a very stunning lesson that people are isolating themselves from nature and from one another. This is very true today and this lesson must make people realize their wrong perception of self-dependence. ---- See Also
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