You have broken my heart - Sri Chinmoy

You have broken my heart
by Sri Chinmoy

O my mind,
Time and again
You have broken my heart
With false promises.
You are so cruel!
You are such a liar!
Even though my heart is broken,
It is healing the wounds
You have inflicted on my dedication-life.

[ SIFTSEI ]
Sense: This poem is about a person whose heart is broken. The poem gives me a feeling of affliction.

Intention: It is written to show the readers how losing one's lover is melancholy. It describes the one's broken heart.

Feeling: This poem gives me the feeling of depression. When I read this poem, I also become melancholy, because I know how the author feels. I know what it means by broken heart.

Tone: The tone of the poet is sorrowful and fierce. When the author says, "You are so cruel!", I could feel how sorrowful and mad he is.

Style / Symbol: The author used talking style in the poem. When I read this poem, I receive a feeling of poet's talking. His style tells his feeling more directly to the readers. When the author says, "It is healing the wounds", the wounds stands for his / her broken heart. Also the 'dedication-life' symbolizes the poet's love towards his / her lover.

Emotion: The emotion of this poem is sorrow, cruelness, depression, and madness.

Imagery: This poem gives me a vision of a man crying in his room holding a picture of him and his lover. It also gives me a vision of a man crying so sorrowful, and almost became insane.

[ Analysis ]
I totally agreed with this poem. The poem is about a person who lost his lover which is definitely sorrowful. I can see the poet's sorrow by his tone. His tone makes me feel really sorrowful and depressed. Also when the poet says, "You are so cruel! You are such a liar!" I can see how he feels mad and heavy. When I first read this poem, it gave me a vision of a totally depressed man who has a broken heart. In the poem, 'wound' stands for the lost of his lover and 'dedication-life' stands for his love towards his lover. The main theme of this poem is the depression of broken heart. It tells me how melancholy losing one's lover is.

Yesterday is history - Emily Dickinson

Yesterday is history
by Emily Dickinson

Yesterday is History,
'Tis so far away
Yesterday is Poetry
'Tis Philosophy
Yesterday is mystery
Where it is Today
While we shrewdly speculate
Flutter both away

[ TPCASTT ]
Title: 'Yesterday is history' makes me think how worthy the time is. I think the title means not to waste time.

Paraphrase:
"A day ago has past"
"It was a long time ago"
"A day ago was a spider-web of beauty"
"I learned how live from it"
"A day ago, I did not know what life truly is"
"Today, I still do not know what life means"
"People can contemplate and brainstorm about what life is"
"Time will fly away while they waste time thinking"

Connotation:
"Yesterday is history" - metaphor
"Yesterday is poetry" - metaphor
"'Tis philosophy" - metaphor
"Yesterday is mystery" - metaphor

Attitude: The tone of this poem is really calm. The author's speaking makes me feel so peaceful.

Shift: Between "Where it is today" and "While we shrewdly speculate"

Title: It tells me how the life is important that we should not waste time.

Theme: Life is too precious, so we should not spend time trying to find the definition of it, but focus on living life out to the fullest. In other words, carpe diem!

[ Analysis ]
This poem tells me how the life is important. I learned the value of the time after I read this poem. I think 'Yesterday is history' means that the time has already passed, so we should not worry about the past. When Emily said 'Yesterday is poetry, it is philosophy' means that yesterday was beautiful, and people learn how to live from yesterday. And the last part of the poem shows that people try to find the true meaning of the life, but actually they should focus on living life out to the fullest. I think the author wants to tell the readers that they should know the significance of time, and they should enjoy their lives. Carpe diem!