Question- Do Vladimir Holan through the poem 'Meeting in a Lift' and Jaan Kaplinski through the poem 'A Last Cloud' interpret loss in the same way ?
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:08:21
Category: / Business & Economy / Agriculture
Length: 4 pages (1158 words)
Category: / Business & Economy / Agriculture
Length: 4 pages (1158 words)
Two personal experiences on loss are expressed, quite diversely, through the two poems. Vladimir Holan's "Meeting in a lift" is a poem interpreting a small and short life against great and immortal human desires, whereas Jaan Kaplinski's "A Last Cloud" decodes loss as a part of nature's renewal system. Both poems deal with loss, perhaps the theme evoked by the poets' cultural backgrounds; Holan is Czech and Kaplinski is Estonian- both countries have experienced the …
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…expectations. Not getting what you expect leads to disappointment; sometimes one doesn't see the world as it is, but hopes or wishes it to be a certain way. Jaan Kaplinki's poem shows a lesser amount of disappointment because he didn't have superficial (or hopes that come from human desires) expectations, only expectations of the world he sees. Although, he was at times confused at the thought of loss, of why things had to go home.
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