The Desert :: essays research papers

The hu gay heart non precisely supplies life but it withal represents feelings and emotions. In the Desert uses discriminating imagery to paint a vivid picture while withal using point of view and symbolism to send a content about human emotion and feelings. Although this poesy is brief it contains a really powerful point about the human heart and emotions.     This poem appears to be written by a person that has just lost a be fill outdd one, although this poem does not seem to be about death. The poem opens with the image of a "naked" beast only when in a "desert". This paints an interesting image in the mind of the reader, but it also has a deeper meaning. This "beast" of a man was deserted and left alone by someone that he was obviously deeply in roll in the hay with. He has lost all direction and purpose in his life. The fountain uses the point of view of the speaker to show just how pathetic this dick is. The speaker feel s bad for the beast and attempts to speak to it, seemingly out of pity. He even calls the hopeless animal his "friend". This leads me to believe that maybe the creature is just an extension of the speaker, the part of him that cannot let go of an important love.      In the Desert is a poem that is symbolic of the way people fight when their "hearts are broken". The heart, in this instance, represents love and happiness. When the man loses this love he feels as though his heart has been wrenched from his chest and devoured by a monster (that represents his current emotional state). The man is broken, battered and left to stand for himself. He is also filled with resentment and anger as is make evident by his "bitter-bitter" heart. This whole scenario represents the dependence of man on the love of another and his state of total denial and sadness when it is taken from him. The only beam of hope that I could find in this poem is when the man says that he likes his heart despite its bitterness.