Describe the journey of life depicted in the poem by Henry van dyke 10
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In the poem, 'Life', the poet Henry Van Dyke, welcomes life and wants to live every moment as it comes, standing through all odds and good times. He begins the poem by saying 'Let me live my life...'. He wants to live his life every year, looking forward in life and with no hesitation. He does not want to hurry in life, and he does not want to turn away from his goals, he wants to achieve them, but not too fast. Moreover, he even does not not want to mourn for the things that go away, for the people who die, for the things that her loose. He wants to live with a 'happy heart'.
He even wants to be positive and have as much energy and vigor as that of a young boy in the rough and bad times. He wants to welcome new people in his life. He is positive in the end and hopes his last days would be his best days.
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In his poem, Life, poet Henry Van Dyke wishes to live each and every moment and welcomes life as it comes his way. He wants to stand through both the bad times and the good times.
In the beginning of the poem itself, he mentions that he wants to live his life and that he doesn’t have any kind of hesitation and wants to take thing slow. He wishes to face his goals and work to achieve them slowly. He says that he wishes to live a positive life but with a “happy heart”.