Prabhsharn Khella
Mr. T. Eggenschwiler
English 10 Red-B
December 4, 2016
Isolated Sorrows
Have you ever wondered about what Ella Wheeler Wilcox meant in her poem Solitude? Well if so, then continue reading. This poem is about the powerful, undeniable reality of our human nature. As humans we desire to seek happiness and avoid pain and darkness.As a result we tend to gravitate towards people who are joyful and full of positive energy. It is healthy to surround ourselves with people who are happy, but after reading this poem, we realize that it’s also important to not ignore those who are hurting. We all go through difficult times and need help from others who are in a stronger state
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If you ask me, I think that everyone can connect to this poem no matter their race, size, gender, or sexuality. Everyone goes through difficult times in their lives where they want to be left alone, and due to this we isolate ourselves from the world; but then again when we are happy we go out and have fun with people. As Wilcox quotes “there are none to decline your nectared wine, but alone you must drink life’s gull”; depression, a 10 letter word that has such a big affect on people 's lives. An important connection to this poem would be teens. We have so much pressure on us from our parents, teachers, classmates, and everyone around us, and sometimes rather than people helping us out they put us down. This leaves us feeling alone and some of us fall into depression, where we isolate ourselves from the happiness of the world. Yakov Smirnoff quoted “ everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.” I think this quote is a great connection since in the poem Wilcox says “Laugh, the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.” An interpretation of these two quotes would be that we can all have the same reason to laugh and smile but everyone’s sorrows are different; some are sad because of family problems while others because of friends. Generally speaking, this poem is bountiful in connections from different