Monday, February 3, 2014

Week 4- A Voyage



Poem Portrayal Analysis: “A Voyage”- Lang Leav
"A Voyage"

To be guided
              nor misguided
              in love,
              nor brokenhearted.

But to sail in waters
              uncharted.


-Lang Leav

In the poem extended metaphor poem “A Voyage”, although there are risks, Lang Leav passionately emphasizes for the essentialness to journey through life by walking and expanding the meaning of love despite risks. In the first set of stanzas “To be guided nor misguided in love, nor brokenhearted,” Lang Leav indirectly implies to let love lead a path in one’s voyage, one’s life. Leav manifests an impassioned atmosphere of hope and guidance through the lines “to be guided nor misguided…, nor brokenhearted”, creating an interpretation of love having an essence of optimism. Lang Leav reveals love as a guide.
In the separated lines of the first stanza the impassioned determination of not being misled or hurt by love is revealed. Leav considers the concept and perception that one’s love can only distort by solely the individual themselves. The breaks of the stanza create a fervent appeal and effect of love being a guide in “waters uncharted”, unfamiliar ambiance. Therefore the stanzas, implicitly exposes the love of an individual cannot be taken away or altered but only guided and navigated.
Within the second stanza “But to sail in waters uncharted”, a shift of valor is demonstrated as Lang Leav comprehends the risks and reveals the chances metaphorically as unknown territory. Sailing on open, uncharted waters gives an appeal of freedom and uncertainty that Leav emphasized in the last stanza as a final solution for one’s journey; to give love, be free in that same love, and to expand love in unrecognizable regions. Lang Leav acknowledges another dimension of love.  To be love is the motivation, implication, and interpretation of Lang Leav’s poem “A Voyage”.

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