Nature and Humanity, a Comparison of Poems Essay -- Poetry Nowlan Rilk

When human and record come together, they either coexist harmoniously because natures inhabitants and humans share a mutual appraise and understanding for each other, or they clash because humans attempt to enclose and force their ways of life on nature. The poems, The tomentum Moose by Alden Nowlan, The panther by Rainer Maria Rilke, Walking the Dog by Howard Nemerov, and The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop, describe what happens when humans and nature come together. I call up that when humans and nature come together they either clash and conflict because individuals destroy and attempt to check nature, which is a reflection of their powerful need to control themselves, or humans live peacefully with nature because not only do they admire and respect nature, but also they can see themselves in nature. The poem The Bull Moose illustrates that when humans and nature come together, they clash and conflict because humans attempt to control nature in order fulfill their need to con trol themselves. In the poem, the moose is on his death march and searching for a place to die peacefully. During his search, after leaving his natural environment of trees and mountains, the moose approaches a pole-fenced pasture. This fenced pasture symbolizes the division between the mooses natural free environment and the environment dominated and controlled by humans. When the moose reaches the environment dominated by humans, he approaches the cattle, and quite than greeting the moose in a friendly manner, the cattle symbolically move to the other end of the field because they realize that the moose is not wish them and does not belong in their environment. This situation illustrates the clash between the human environment... ...nizes the fish because, just like the fish, people fight daily battles to survive in life. This humanization of the fish enables the speaker to relate and respect him, and therefore, ultimately leads to his release. The poems, The Bull Moose b y Alden Nowlan, The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke, Walking the Dog by Howard Nemerov, and The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop, illustrate what happens when people and nature come together, but the way in which the people react to these encounters in these poems is very different. I believe that when humans and nature come together either they clash and conflict because individuals destroy and attempt to control nature, which is a reflection of their powerful need to control themselves, or humans live peacefully with nature because they not only respect and admire nature, but also they can see themselves in the nature.