Comparing The Magi And A Found Poem

T.S Eliot’s ‘ The Journey of the Magi ’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘ A Found Poem’ both details a man questioning the role of belief. In ‘Magi’, the speaker is one of the three wise men experiencing an arduous journey. In the ‘ Found Poem,’ the speaker questions his own loss of faith during the mass. Therefore, both poems display divinity and hardships.

Both T.S Eliot’s ‘The Magi’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘A Found Poem’ both explore the journeys physically and mentally of men who are struggling with faith. ‘The Magi’ recounts the story of the three wise men and the birth of Jesus Christ. This poem describes the difficult journey of the three wise men through a speaker, “ A hard time we had of it “ In the ‘ Magi ‘ the speaker is questioning his faith and
He indicates that he doesn't know when he lost his faith. In ‘Magi’, Eliot emphasizes the arrival with the use of symbolism, “And three trees on the low sky.” He employs the “three trees” to symbolize the three crosses that were on the hill during the crucifixion of Jesus. He uses the site of crucifixion. (Calvary) He seems to have difficulty deciding on the difference between birth and death in this moment. This is, perhaps, because he feels that the birth of Jesus is the death of his own comforts and luxuries. Eliot also employs a Biblical allusion in the second stanza to depict the arrival of Jesus, “old white horse galloped away.” Moreover, Heaney he employs a metaphor , ‘loss of faith occurred off stage’ Heaney also emphasizes his respect for the church with a simile,’undying pallor and draw like well water far down,” He’s saying that perhaps to indicate that even though he lost his faith, his faith is still with him deep inside him, waiting to be needed again. Or, perhaps he simply feels that people who have faith are lucky and being true to themselves, in the same way he is being true to himself by leaving his faith behind and ending his spiritual