In “The Place Where We Are Right”, by Yehuda Amichai, the author describes how life is not perfect. Amichai explains that it may be the right place for something to happen, but the the wrong time. For something good to happen these two must coincide with one another. This the exact idea that David Whyte tried to convey writing the poem “Working Together.” Specifically, in Whyte’s poem, he shows that we must not force things to happen, but wait and let the world shape us. Whyte utilizes juxtaposition with “visible” and “invisible” to demonstrate how in order to make things happen you will have to make sacrifices for the greater good. Both authors used repetition to emphasize stress on the main points in the poem that they wanted the audience to be drawn to. In Amichai’s poem it was “the place where we are right” because he longed for the reader to envision in their head that idealistic place. For Whyte it was the simple word “shape” because he wanted to tell the reader to be formed by life and the moments in which we experience it.
Even though these poems have much in common they dissimilar as well. The mood of these two poems are different. In “The Place Where We Are Right” the mood changes. It goes from depressing in the beginning to a sense of hope in the end. The mood of “Working Together” stays the same; it is motivational. The syntax in these poems are different. Whyte’s poem is broken up in to several stanzas, and Amichai’s poem is one stanza.
Are all poems alike? Yes. All poems have similar qualities that categorize them as a poem. Poems can be differ much from each other too. Poems are the authors use of his words and thoughts to get a meaningful message across to the audience.
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