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Away Melancholy
Despair VS Hope:
Away, Melancholy" is about how difficult it can be to
find hope and beauty in an often-terrible world that
encourages despair.
The repetition of the phrase “Away Melancholy” is
used to convey the writers nagging feeling of despair
and her constant attempts to drive them away.
In Stanza 2, the writer uses the Beauty of nature in
order to
Humanity and the Divine
In ‘Away, Melancholy’, the poet explores the theme of
humanity and its relationship with God.
In stanza 5 through the use of comparison between the
words “Good and God”. The poet questions the true
nature of God and wonders whether God is a human
creation made to direct humanity’s hope and give them a
focus.
The poet also wonders about whether or not a truly pure
and good God can exist when there is suffering all around
the world such as: Tyranny, Pox or Wars.
However, the main message of the poem, as shown in
lines 37-48, is that regardless of the existence or lack
there of a God, human beings a great capacity for
creativity, love and virtue and have more strength than
they may initially realize
The power of Nature
In ‘Away, Melancholy,’ the poet explores the
prominent theme of nature. This includes human
nature/instinct and non-human nature. In Stanza 2 ,
through the use of natural imagery, the poet sets the
poem up to remind the reader of the basic beauty of
the living world. She compares humanity to an ant in
Stanza 3, and references natural elements such as
the wind, and the rain, as a way to bring someone’s
melancholy back around reality. When the world
spins on, she’s essentially asking, what reason do
you have to feel sorrow? Throughout Stanzas 5 and 7
the poet brings in God as a manifestation of the
human capacity for love, human decency, and
strength. She ends the poem on a poignant note,
suggesting that human goodness is far more
powerful than human folly.
