Your World Poem Analysis

Each and everyday is a page in the book of our journey of life. Likewise, everyday we are presented with a new learning experience, and as humans, we learn from both the positive and the negative. Whether we are on a physical excursion and emotional adventure, there is always new knowledge to gain. Throughout every form of literature, we can find inspiration on how to deal with our journeys and even discover what we can learn from them. In the poem Your World we come to learn about an emotional journey and the the excerpt of Wild we learn of a woman’s physical and emotional journey. I was able to learn from both of these pieces and relate to them through my journey from the beginning of highschool to now.
Throughout everyday life we discover and uncover who we truly are. In the poem Your World by Georgia Douglas Johnson, the author equates herself to a bird. “But I sighted the distant horizon…..I battered the cordons around me.” This quote signifies that if you legitimately set your sight on a
In the memoir, Strayed learns how to cope with the sudden death of her mother by hiking the entirety of the Pacific Crest Trail. In the excerpt read in class, she deals with self-doubt, worries about logistics, and how to get through her difficulties alone. During her times of self doubt, such as, “I unfolded the guidebook pages and read what the authors of The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California had to say about this portion of the trail... ‘Eventually your trail levels off at an open-forested flat …’ I turned in a slow circle, getting a 360-degree view. Was this the open-forested flat? It would seem that the answer would be clear, but it was not,” the author deepens her trust within herself. We can see that by strengthening her trust within herself, she is able cope with the loss of her mother and grow from the experience instead of deteriorate from