Analysis Of 'The Albatross By Kate Bass And Ever After'

Though the significant difference in the setting, but equally in the subject of separation, the authors, Bass, and Stuphen, communicate their thoughts mainly through imagery of the situations that happened in their lives. In the poems “The Albatross” by Kate Bass and “Ever After” by Joyce Sutphen, in the book 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, they use metaphoric language to expose their feelings. They capture the frustration of being apart from their partners and the urge to understand why the man that the woman in the poem loves is now strange and no longer has any part in their present. Shawn Lewis explains, “Next to the death of a loved one the death of a marriage is one of life 's most devastating experiences.... When the pain

She questions, “What I am to you now that you are no / longer what you used to be to me? / Who are we to each other now …” (Sutphen 1-3). She remembers the good times, but she is uncertain about what he is feeling. She wants to know, and she needs to know. According to Shawn Lewis, “Divorce people often fantasy hiring a hit-man one moment, and discussing a reconciliation in the next moment. They sometimes become recluses, and frequently spend sleepless nights contemplating whether life will be worth living the next morning.” In other words, the doubts are consuming her. There are unanswered questions, which leaves the woman confused about her feelings. Likewise, the reader can relate to the woman because she is having anxiety waiting for answers. On the other hand, the reader are left wondering how her partner felt towards

The situations are not similar in the scenario, but equal in the tone of the poem. The authors show the break-up of a relationship through the pain of a separation and the loss of a partner. Sometimes one faces challenging situations and learns to survive the bad outcomes with bravery. The ideal and desired love turned into regret and depression. The romanticize concept of eternal love is broken with separation: “[t]he myth of marriage goes like this: somewhere out there is the perfect soul mate, the yin that meshes easily and effortlessly with your yang. And then there is the reality of marriage, which, as any spouse knows, is not unlike what Thomas Edison once said about genius: 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration” (Kantrowitz and Wingert). The sharing of love and joy, when one starts a relationship, does not come with the answers to all questions if in the end the love is gone, and one is looking for closure. The memory of what they had one day cannot replace the bitterness of what was left, after all. In the end, it turns out to not be what one expected. The butterflies fly away, leaving