A "Creative Writing" Essay
Analyzation of Two Poems
Melinda Polom
September 12, 2013 I will first be giving to you, my analyzation of the short poem, titled, "First Fig", written by author, Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was born in the year of 1892, and died in the year of 1950.
I am at first, making the assumption that, when the author is speaking about a candle, which "burns at both ends", that she must be comparing a candle, and the "light that it gives out”, using the candle, as a symbol, or as a “representative” in one way, or another of her "higher power", or more specifically, God... and the light that the candle gives out, as a representative of the "guiding light", from her higher power, who I believe in this case is God.
I am next making the assumption that the author is saying to the reader, that she believes in her heart, that the candle, which represents God… and the light that the candle has been consistently illuminating to her, as her help and her "guidance" in the choices that she makes every night, when evening is approaching, for example, about what types of activities that she will be taking place in, on the following day, and how she will "handle" her daily experiences. The author, in my opinion, is telling us or suggesting to us, that God Himself, (who should/would be capable of "burning" at both ends, without being destroyed), along with his love and guidance, will not last the night.
Either that, or the author is telling us that she has taken guidance and help from the light,(possibly the light of the “Holy Spirit”), that was in the past, offered by God, (in this case, the candle), but because she does not truly trust in God's "love and guidance", the result of this lack of faith will be that the candle, (representing God), and the light of His guidance will not last the night.
I believe that either way that the reader chooses to see it, if they do choose to agree with my analayzation of this poem, then they will agree that the author is also telling us that
Melinda Polom
September 12, 2013 I will first be giving to you, my analyzation of the short poem, titled, "First Fig", written by author, Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was born in the year of 1892, and died in the year of 1950.
I am at first, making the assumption that, when the author is speaking about a candle, which "burns at both ends", that she must be comparing a candle, and the "light that it gives out”, using the candle, as a symbol, or as a “representative” in one way, or another of her "higher power", or more specifically, God... and the light that the candle gives out, as a representative of the "guiding light", from her higher power, who I believe in this case is God.
I am next making the assumption that the author is saying to the reader, that she believes in her heart, that the candle, which represents God… and the light that the candle has been consistently illuminating to her, as her help and her "guidance" in the choices that she makes every night, when evening is approaching, for example, about what types of activities that she will be taking place in, on the following day, and how she will "handle" her daily experiences. The author, in my opinion, is telling us or suggesting to us, that God Himself, (who should/would be capable of "burning" at both ends, without being destroyed), along with his love and guidance, will not last the night.
Either that, or the author is telling us that she has taken guidance and help from the light,(possibly the light of the “Holy Spirit”), that was in the past, offered by God, (in this case, the candle), but because she does not truly trust in God's "love and guidance", the result of this lack of faith will be that the candle, (representing God), and the light of His guidance will not last the night.
I believe that either way that the reader chooses to see it, if they do choose to agree with my analayzation of this poem, then they will agree that the author is also telling us that