The Psalms Of Life

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“The Psalms of Life” By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

NEW WORDS
bivouac- an unsheltered encampment or camp
CHARACTERS
A. heart of the young man- this is the one narrating the story, he thinks that life should be should not be thought of in such a depressing manor. He looks to it as a more positive experience, speaking of setting examples to teach those who come after us.
B. the psalmist- he is the one who the young man is speaking to in the poem.
IMPRESSIONS
I think this poem has a very good meaning behind it, I wouldn’t call it sad or frightening, more uplifting in it’s own way. The way the young man speaks of life and how it should be lived, is something I think that lives in the heart of all of us as a society. This is a very good poem, one that should get people thinking about how they live their own lives.
IDEAS/EVENTS
I agree with the ideas this young man is trying to get across in this poem, I believe everyone should live with this same sort of attitude toward life unfortunately I do not think that everyone will have this same attitude toward life as the young man in the poem.
CONFLICTS
I do not believe that there are any real conflicts in this poem.
PASSAGES OR SENTENCES
A. “But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day” B. “Trust no Future, however pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act,-act in the living present! Heart within, and God o’erheard” B. “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing, o’er life’s solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,Seeing, shall take heart again”
QUESTIONS
I wonder what incident has happened for this boy to make him question life in such a way and feel the need to explain his feelings to others?
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