Poems, Moral, and opinion
Q.1
Poems are written as a result of inspiration from previous works of poetry. Similar poetic styles and devices are read from poems where the writer employs them to bring out themes and take the audience by emotions. Dissent in poems is generated by one poet trying to contest previous poems confined within similar traditions. Minimal changes are done to past poems such as changing the title, rhyme, or other stylistic devices, including the tone, to differentiate the poems. Reasons, why poets imitate each other, are relevant to their themes, reduce literature tension, and attract the interests of their audiences. This essay aims at analyzing traditions and dissent coexist by focusing on three poems; The Flea by John Donne, The Fly by Miroslav Holub, and The Fly by William Blake.
The three poems have a similar thesis with minimal differentiation by rhyme schemes. William Blake brings put the imagery by using short stanzas and an irregular rhyme scheme, which can be linked to the nature of a fly, which is small and unsettled. The simplicity in his poem following the ABCB pattern to have a reasonable rhythm and juxtaposition. The writer employed metaphoric expressions to connect poetic lines to a real-life situation. Lines such as “my thoughtless hand” personify the hand to full human nature with reason. Parts of the poem also bring out imagery through similes to compare and connect poetic lines for easy interpretation by the audience. “…a fly like thee?” By use of figurative speech, William can indirectly address dissent in human misconduct through anthropomorphism. The tone used in the poems explains the tradition misery and cycles of life. “.. If I live or if I die.”
In the Flea by John Donne, the stanzas are quite long but with a regular rhyme scheme of AABBCCDDD. The syntax employed in the poem puts more stress towards the finishing emphasizing on intended points. “…from thee? Fears are life from thee.” Done apply this kind of a rhyme to connect the person to the audience as to appear like making a conversation. Instead of using symbolic speech, Donne directly brings out the persona’s intention of making the duo share a bed. “…our marriage bed, though parents grudge .metaphoric usage of a flea to signify sex is a similar approach by other poems. The poet brings about comic effect by giving the persona a persuasive tone in the pretense of protecting the flea. The tradition is brought about by stands against sex before marriage, while dissent is by the luring his woman for sex.
The fly by Miroslav is a poem with a very irregular rhyme scheme, which seems to be more of scientific description, i.e., reproduction than a narration. “She mated, she began to lay her eggs.” the poem gives a realistic description of struggles endured, especially during warring times. “The shouts, the groans, meditating/ on the immortality of flies.” The tradition has not been applied in this poem because it adopts modern poetry, which does not have to signify incidences in society. The freestyle applied in the poem gives a prose flow of words toward the message delivery. The dissent part is indicated by how the fly tries to ignore its hostile surroundings and continues with mating and laying eggs.
Conclusively, the three poems adopt different stylistic devices related to the varied themes, although they are both represented by an insect, a fly. Application of anthology in the poems was used to bring out the concept of tradition and dissent happening as poets relate their themes to normal life situations.
Q.2
Moral and opinion have been contested to establish, which is more valuable. Knowledge is attributed to having an idea of what is entailed in society after a proper analysis. The true opinion defines the stand of what is morally acceptable in the social setting by an individual, whether it is verified or not. Knowledge and true opinion are explained using two concepts of morals. The concept of moral traditionalism declares moral principles to follow a certain pattern of traditional perceptions. Moral traditionalism has been debatable with more philosophers advocating for moral rationalism. Moral beliefs are weighed, and the most rational ones are taken for important decisions, which is the explanation of moral rationalism that is explained by Socrates and Plato. This essay aims at analyzing the truth about knowledge being of more value than knowledge.
Socrates and Plato defy, believing that moral traditionalism is the ultimate way of considering opinions to be significant. The duo is concerned with reflection and reasoning, which gives the affirmation of knowledge, as opinions are scrutinized before being accepted and documented. In this case, moral traditionalism is more logical than true opinions, as there is a limited chance of accepting false and unapproved opinions. Moral rationalism gives opinions equal opportunity to be discussed and settle on the most relevant.
According to Socrates, knowledge and true opinion can be responsible for any action regardless of a situation. Sometimes, true opinions can be converted to knowledge by considering the reality of truth in the suggested opinions. There must be valid reasons which justify true opinions to be equatable to knowledge. Another reason why Socrates insists on knowledge being more valuable than opinion is that opinions can be decided to sway a mass without many details concerning a particular chosen opinion. People can easily be persuaded to believe in opinions rather t understanding the point of arguments on a contested discourse.
Although knowledge needs a lot of thinking and analysis, Socrates differentiates diverse kinds of knowledge. Preferred knowledge is about mathematics and philosophy, which reason and reflection because they are factual. On Plato’s side, it is more reasonable to consider truth after being part of it through experience. Plato assumes that second-hand knowledge could be manipulated to remain true and relevant. In his arguments, fleeting opinions may be treated as true only because they are from familiar individuals making the receiver think they can be uses as knowledge because few people attest to it.
Conclusively, knowledge, and true opinion can be valuable, depending on the depth of truth in them. Although the majority of people would want to justify moral traditionalism, philosophers propose for social beliefs to be installed in mind, they should be questioned and verified without false justification. Socrates and Plato emphasized proper reasoning of opinions as they control actions, therefore, advocating more for logic knowledge than true opinion. Plato’s take on first-hand opinions explains why knowledge is equitable to distinct truth than a true opinion, which is rarely verified.