Análisis que Vanesa realiza sobre el poema "Ítaca", de Kavafis.
ÍTACA
It
refers
to the poem of Homer, The Odyssey. Odysseus or Ulysses, the
hero, left Ithaca to go to the Trojan War. After the war, when he
travelled back to his home, punished by the gods for creating the
procedure to destroy
Troy, the hero underwent many incidents in his journey back to Ithaca.
This
poem is a journey, the journey of life and your experiences and your
searches. Ithaca is the end, is the answer and the stillness and
stagnation.
We
all have to Poseidon and the Cyclops within us
but it is sad that when the search ends, it is too late, we're old.
but it is sad that when the search ends, it is too late, we're old.
Ithaca
is life. This consists of departures and arrivals, each an adventure,
sensations and experiences. At the end if we have this humble
attitude of reaping the rewards of each step, we will understand the
meaning of Ithaca. A taste without fear of the road. Better if it
lasts many years.
Kavafis
was able to make a simply beautiful poems, because talking about the
mythical story of Ulysses, but interpreting it from the true meaning
of life.
The poet managed to convey through his poem the meaning of Ithaca, the meaning of life, the good and bad things are happening to us and makes us learn, fall down, get up and move on looking to the future with eyes open but without forgetting the past that has made us as we are today. If you live each day with enthusiasm, if we are able to enjoy every moment, to get out the positive side all things are at the end of our lives, when they finally reach the shores of Ithaca we longed to look back and feel satisfied and proud of what we have done, both good and bad.
The poet managed to convey through his poem the meaning of Ithaca, the meaning of life, the good and bad things are happening to us and makes us learn, fall down, get up and move on looking to the future with eyes open but without forgetting the past that has made us as we are today. If you live each day with enthusiasm, if we are able to enjoy every moment, to get out the positive side all things are at the end of our lives, when they finally reach the shores of Ithaca we longed to look back and feel satisfied and proud of what we have done, both good and bad.
--
Vanesa. :)
