Blog Post #6


"The End and the Beginning" by Wislawa Szymborska

Wislawa has always expressed her dissatisfaction and brought a sort of personal style to her poetry. This poem is addressing the problems/things the people face after the war. "Someone has to push the rubble to the side of the road, so the corpse filled wagons can pass." "Someone has to get mired in scum and ashes." These people had to clean up the aftermath of the war. These victims of war had to deal with the destruction of their homes, the people they loved, and really, the end of all things they once cherished. With that being 'the end', 'the beginning" was the only hope to look forward too, as they began life from scratch. As she says, unfortunately "Things wont straighten themselves up." The sad thing was that these people weren't the ones at fault yet it was up to them for whatever came next. Although these people made it out alive, were they really?
The way this whole poem is put together really just opens ones eyes to not just care about the war being over. Care about the things one will face after and how you will decide to begin again. The simplicity and message of this poem is very clear. That is, no matter what, it will be over. And the beginning that comes after, is what you decide to make it out of.

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  1. mherreraOctober 11, 2018 at 10:43 AM

    Like you, I chose this exact poem to evaluate. When explaining it, I had a similar approach as yours. I also explain how life was after the war, but what I found really interesting about your analysis, was the way you went on and explained what the “beginning” meant for you when reading this poem. When I analyzed it I did go into depth about the new beginning, I just focused in the negative things they were left with. I liked how you say “that is, no matter what, it will be over. And the beginning that comes after, is what you decide to make it out of”. I totally agree with it and it gave me an entire new perspective on the poem itself.


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