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Comparing The Search For Truth In XXVII And Dawns

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The Voyage For Truth The driving force in life is the search for the absolute truth. So much of people's lives are consumed by pushing and driving for the truth, whether it be about the government, their religion or anything in between; we must know the truth at any and all costs. In the poem, “XXVII” by Stephen Crane, and “Dawns”, by Amy Lowell, they talk about their own search and struggles for truth. In Stephens “XXVII” poem he is very straightforward with his troubles in his search to find his truth in contrast, within Lowell's “Dawns” you have to hunt for what her battle to find the truth was like for her. Both poems talk about their own personal struggles in finding truth, in “XXVII” by Stephens he describes it as a “breath”, a “wind”, a “phantom”, and a “shadow”. It …show more content…

A big difference between Stephen Crane's “XXVII”and Amy Lowell's “Dawns” is how they perceive the truth. For Stephen Crane the truth, at first, if ever reached is a rock, a fortress from which everything the eye can see is dark and twisted. He is saying here that the truth is something dark and cruel that will make you see everything different. Although towards the end he describes the truth as a ghost, ever fleeting, always there but never touchable, he may occasionally get a slight grasp on it but its gone as quickly as it was there. Although in Dawn’s by Amy Lowell the truth to her is not always in reach, but it is always there all you have to do is search and fight for it. She describes it as a terrible hill, one that I can only assume she has had to fight and claw her way up. Stephen’s gives the reader the idea that the truth is never able to be caught but we spend our whole life chasing it, only to die and never know. Whereas Lowell makes you feel as if the truth is always in your grasp, it is just how hard you want it and how much you are willing to risk and fight for

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