Comparison of Two Poems on Birds

Literary nature has always been an important subject. As a natural organism, birds were also mentioned in hair. Birds are often used as symbols in hair. For example, in Bengali literature a cuckoo bird is often associated with spring time. In English literature there are many poems written about birds or birds that play an important role in poems.

For example, a poem to Adlib written by John Kates and Audi to Skylark of P B Shelly are very famous poems for birds. Other poems include "Reemes the Old Sentinel" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in which the poet Albatross used as a symbol. According to the task requirements, I chose Ode to Nightingale by John Keats and The Rime of the Old mariner by S.T.Coleridge for my discussion.

Before discussing the two previous verses, there is a need to shed some light on poets and the Romantic era in English literature as a whole. The romantic age in English literature is a unique era because in this age poets created all their poetry on nature and subjects related to nature. Nature is the main aspect of her hair. Before them, no poet can think of nature as the main subject of a poem. Romantic poets have successfully completed this theme. John Kates was a romantic poet who admired the beauty of nature in his hair. Natural objects are alive and beautiful in his poem, but he does not treat them as natural things without life. But it mixes his emotions and creates a personal relationship with him.

He also expresses his personal feelings such as happiness, sadness, hope and frustration in his poems. In Ode to Nightingale, Kates expressed his desire to escape a harsh reality he could not endure. He wants to join Nightingale and fly into the land of dreams.

On the other hand, S.T.Coleridge touched the supernatural elements and introduced them in a very natural way. Coleridge had a wonderful sense of imagination and excellent narrative skills that could imagine the most supernatural things and then describe them in the most natural way. In the film "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Colleridge describes the life of one of the sailors who killed a bird and then suffered a lot because of his murder. A full poem is based on the reaction of the albatross killing. Flying is a beautiful creation of the god and killing albatross without any reason the navigator has committed a serious sin against God.

Only in the 20th century did men learn to fly before a plane was discovered, and men were always fascinated by the idea of ​​flying like birds. According to Greek mythology Daedalus and Icarus tried to imitate birds and make artificial wings to fly. Their efforts failed in the tragedy. So the concept of aviation was a dream of humanity until the beginning of the twentieth century. People were amazed at birds because they could fly in the sky. Poets also valued this issue as their minds wanted to travel with them. We see this kind of desire in Keats' Ode to Nightingale. John Kitts life was very tragic as he died early in the disease. He also had a frustrating crush on a lady who brought him no success but only misery and in his own time some prominent literary critics criticized his poetry in the worst possible way. Life was so miserable for John Keats.

Throughout his life he was seeking to escape from suffering and in Ode to Nightingale we find a desperate effort from Keats to escape from the harsh harsh world around him. Feel that nightingale is very lucky because it can fly away from anywhere. At the beginning of this poem Poet refers to his miserable state:

Heart pain, numbness and drowsiness pain

My sense, as if the hemlock had been drunk,

Or emptied some opium into banks

One minute ago, the cervical wings sank:

Here it is clear that the poet was suffering greatly when he wrote this poem. Life is very painful for him, he feels like he is drinking hemlock or opium. He wants to forget all his pain and be happy in the joy of Nightingale.

For Colleridge, the albatross is not a way to escape, but rather to create a beautiful and holy God. Brings joy to sailors. The sailors must spend several days alone in the sea during their journey. So they feel very lonely and do not get a chance to see any sign of life around them for days:

In the length of the albatross crossing,

A loud noise came.

As if it were a Christian spirit,

We welcomed her in the name of God.

So when they see albatrosses feel happy and hope that the land is near them. The same happened to the owners of the old sailors. When they saw the Albatros, they welcomed him with joy and gave him food and played with it. Thus the albatross brought the companionship to them. Thanks to the arrival of Albatross, they were able to escape the harsh unity surrounding them. Coleard introduced this bird as a friend and companion to men.

Both symbolic symbolic poems have been used with great skill. Coleridge used the technique of suspending disbelief, where readers forget the real world and believe the world presented by the poet as real. The plot of the poem revolves around the idea of ​​sin-prayer-redemption. It is a poem with a moral touch. Mariner first committed a sin and then suffered for it. After much suffering he prayed to Allah and then God forgave him. The sailors learned his lesson and told others to show love and kindness to God's creation. The Albatross symbolizes Jesus Christ. Marines killed innocent bird who brought companionship and hope for him and his fellow sailors:

Good southern winds appeared behind them.

Al-Qattars,

Every day, for food or play,

He came to the sailors' hole!

In the same way, the Jerusalemites crucified the innocent Christians who brought hope for their salvation. The other sailors felt horrified when they found that the navigator had killed the bird.

You've done something hell,

Will work as a woe:

For all average, you might kill the bird

This made the breeze blossom.

Poor ah! They said, The bird to slaughter,

This made the breeze blow!

Usually, the nightingale song is a symbol of joy and happiness. But Keats wrote this poem when he was suffering a lot of his illness. Although he was looking for happiness during Nightingale, he knew in his heart that he would soon die. So, the symbols of death and forgetfulness exist in this poem. Keats has referred to Greek mythology on many occasions. So he treated the Nightingale in a way that was like a magical bird away from any sorrow. So the magical bird is free of human suffering. Kates wished to be like him and defeat all his pain and grief. In his quest to end grief is like a Buddha. Buddha sought throughout his life to find a way to get rid of human suffering and achieve salvation. Kates has the same goal, and in this poem, Lilithal had this magical power. The only problem is that Kates knows he is a human being and can not be like Nightingale.

In "A Poem to the Nightingale," Keats tries to strike a good balance between sensation and thought. We can find unusual sensory corridors, as initially. Using the word "sense" and makes readers feel this feeling very sleepy.

The poet later addresses the problems of human life, as in the third section:

"Here, where men sit and hear each other groan.

Where paralysis paralyzes a few gray hair sad,

Where the young grow pale, becomes a thin ghost and dies;

Where but the thinking is to be filled with sadness. "

In contrast to Keats, Colleridge uses the moral teachings of Christianity in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." He has put a lot of emphasis on the concept of sin and redemption. In fact, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner resembles a fairy tale that initially seemed a childish story without any deep significance but a closer look makes the reader realize that it contains the deepest moral teachings.

He prays better, loves better

All things are big and small.

To the beloved God who loves us,

I made and loved everything.

Christianity taught us the same thing - to love God and His creations. No other religion gives much emphasis on this kind of love. Albatross gave this love to the sailors by bringing them joy and good luck. So the albatross is also a magical bird. It is the bird that brings good luck and pleasant wind to sailors. Old Mariner acted selfishly and savagely by killing him. Just think of his happiness. He did not even think he was killing an innocent bird without any reason.
He forgot that God was stronger than anyone else. Surely God did not like him to kill the bird for no reason.