Entry 27: More Thanatopsis

In Bryant's poem Thanatopsis he shows he views on live and a version the natural cycle. He sees the process of live of being a cycle to return back to the starting point. We come from the earth and when we die we are mixed back into nature. In his poem he explains the cycle from start to finish, we get born, we live, we die, we get buried, and we become one with Earth (a great big tomb) again. Then he also shows us his view on individual life. He shows that individual life should be liberal and we shouldn't worry about all the bad things that happen around us nor should we think to much about luxury good. Like Anne Bradstreet's poem he also believes that all material object don't last and that if you waste your time on collecting or treasuring them you are wasting your chance at enjoying what life is suppose to be about. We are suppose to appreciated nature and to accept the fact that everyone is going to die and that when we die it is not sad. We only rejoin with earth and everyone who has died before us in turning into nature. We are reborn as part of tree, a flower, or even the mold on the rocks. My own view on life is that we should make the best out of it. Don't worry weather you are going to die or live tomorrow but to enjoy the moment and make sure you fill everyone minute and second of your life with things that you want to do.