I have attached a link that will make you feel the sadness that this person feels. At the end of the video I felt sad too, but I guarantee sorrow will not be your only reaction after watching this.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sonnet on Seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep at a Tale of Distress
Though this is a short poem, I see it as kind of a roller-coaster ride. At first, Wordsworth is saddened by the sight of tears. "Dimming were my swimming eyes - my pulse beat slow". Though he is not directly affected by something that would make him sad, he feels saddened by the sight of sorrow. This contagious sense proves there is a subconscious compassion in everyone's heart. There is not anyone in the world who has not felt another's pain or has not cared for someone or something at one point in their life. The upside to this poem is in the natural counteraction to the sadness. An optimistic view most of us have, that after sorrow comes happiness. "And bright will shine in misery's midnight hour". Life changes around us everyday, and with the changing moments in our life come changing emotion. Relating this to chemistry, atoms always flows from a high to low density. If there is a high density of happiness, sadness will one day come. Again the upside to this, if there is a high density of sadness, happiness and joy will inevitably fill our hearts. It is a cycle that lives in all of us and proves that everyone has compassion in their hearts.
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"And bright will shine in misery's midnight hour" refers to the evening star shining at night. I wonder if this suggests more a mixed experience in the same moment rather than a fluctuation from moment to moment? Interesting point you make from chemistry.
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