Rivers are seen as being very old, in this case when the narrator says "my soul has grown deep like the rivers" he is implying that his soul is too also old. He has lived through a lot and therefore his soul is as experienced as the rivers.
After the author experience a lot from different rivers all over the world which are long and ancient, his soul has grown deep like the rivers because he feels that his life is similar to one of the rivers; he is also a part of human history. His blood flow to his veins, also even if he die, the human blood will still go though the human body and never stop and dry. Life is in the circle, in a hoop that never ends. The author recognizes that life, like the river, is also continuous.
Hi His soul likes the rivers because he wanted to be the person who was full of passion and emotion. In the poem, he also put his own metaphors and into a river of blood. Use the same feeling in the end of the poem gave the poem more power. Furthermore, as we know that each river had a long history, stories and selfless devotion for the people. In the poem, the author also said, he lived and grew up near the rivers. He also wanted to be the rivers, like them to nurture others.
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers" appears twice in this poem. The first one, after he describes the rivers as the ancient world, I think he tries to relate himself and his blackness identity with the beginning of human. And the last one, after he describes the change of his attitudes to the rivers, I think he is tries to indicate he is not a naive, insular, and pure person anymore. Racism and the pain of slavery had already corroded him. Now he is a black man who with those unforgettable experiences.
Water, is a major source of life, is also a main source of civilization. Therefore, rivers are roots of human beings. The writter tells us that those rivers, Euphrates and Nile, gives him life and wisdom. The most important fact is those rivers are located in Africa. In addition, this line is a repeated line. He wants to emphasis the importance of the rivers in Africa to him in order to emphasis he is an African.
Since most of the rivers are old and ancient, when the narrator wrote "my soul has grown deep like the rivers" it means that he has found a balance between himself and his ancestors. That he somehow now shares an emotional bond with his ancestors whom depended on the river for life.
River is soul of the human and for the writer. The rivers mean timeless and the human existence and the history. The narrators said “My soul has grown deep like the rivers” it may emphasize he has the knowledge and “grown deep like the river”.
He is trying to imply that he and the river has endured things that moat people have not yet seen or endured, in a sense he is saying himself and the river can be brothers. He has endured things that the river has also endured, and yet they are both still here.
The poet speaks of ancient rivers and the powerful and beautiful moments in history that coincides with those rivers. All of these moments in history are connected to people of African decent, which imply that people of African decent are just as old a culture as the oldest documentation of these ancient rivers.
Rivers are seen as being very old, in this case when the narrator says "my soul has grown deep like the rivers" he is implying that his soul is too also old. He has lived through a lot and therefore his soul is as experienced as the rivers.
ReplyDeleteAfter the author experience a lot from different rivers all over the world which are long and ancient, his soul has grown deep like the rivers because he feels that his life is similar to one of the rivers; he is also a part of human history. His blood flow to his veins, also even if he die, the human blood will still go though the human body and never stop and dry. Life is in the circle, in a hoop that never ends. The author recognizes that life, like the river, is also continuous.
ReplyDeleteHi His soul likes the rivers because he wanted to be the person who was full of passion and emotion. In the poem, he also put his own metaphors and into a river of blood. Use the same feeling in the end of the poem gave the poem more power. Furthermore, as we know that each river had a long history, stories and selfless devotion for the people. In the poem, the author also said, he lived and grew up near the rivers. He also wanted to be the rivers, like them to nurture others.
ReplyDelete"My soul has grown deep like the rivers" appears twice in this poem. The first one, after he describes the rivers as the ancient world, I think he tries to relate himself and his blackness identity with the beginning of human. And the last one, after he describes the change of his attitudes to the rivers, I think he is tries to indicate he is not a naive, insular, and pure person anymore. Racism and the pain of slavery had already corroded him. Now he is a black man who with those unforgettable experiences.
ReplyDeleteWater, is a major source of life, is also a main source of civilization. Therefore, rivers are roots of human beings. The writter tells us that those rivers, Euphrates and Nile, gives him life and wisdom. The most important fact is those rivers are located in Africa.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, this line is a repeated line. He wants to emphasis the importance of the rivers in Africa to him in order to emphasis he is an African.
Since most of the rivers are old and ancient, when the narrator wrote "my soul has grown deep like the rivers" it means that he has found a balance between himself and his ancestors. That he somehow now shares an emotional bond with his ancestors whom depended on the river for life.
ReplyDeleteRiver is soul of the human and for the writer. The rivers mean timeless and the human existence and the history. The narrators said “My soul has grown deep like the rivers” it may emphasize he has the knowledge and “grown deep like the river”.
ReplyDeleteHe is trying to imply that he and the river has endured things that moat people have not yet seen or endured, in a sense he is saying himself and the river can be brothers. He has endured things that the river has also endured, and yet they are both still here.
ReplyDeleteThe poet speaks of ancient rivers and the powerful and beautiful moments in history that coincides with those rivers. All of these moments in history are connected to people of African decent, which imply that people of African decent are just as old a culture as the oldest documentation of these ancient rivers.
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