The last ray of sunshine, chills the shattering heart. With every break, leaves an everlasting impact with no fixability. The heart is the vital organ to which emotions are depicted, and felt in every human being. Philip Larkin, Linda Pastan and John Donne each reinstated different and strong emotions experienced by many throughout the course of life. Although each poet expressed different emotions in their poems, each was deliberately distinguished throughout. The mood in the poems “Church Going” by Philip Larkin, “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan, and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne expresses author’s purpose of deep emotions and universal life lessons of growing up, uncertainty, and nostalgia.
In “Church Going” by Philip Larkin, the author condemns a feeling of uncertainty when questioning the future of religion. Throughout the poem, Philip Larkin questions …show more content…
Throughout the poem, Pastan recalls special moments in which caused her to feel different emotions, especially recalling memories that now seem so far away. The usage of a simile shows how hard it is to watch someone special grow up and take flight, “...the hair behind you like a handkerchief waving goodbye”(Pastan 856). Although it seems to cause nostalgia of different memories that have occured, it also depicts on how it is the cycle of life and how someone close grows up and embarks on a new journey. Motherhood embeds how difficult it may be to apart themselves from their young. Bittersweetness clouds the journey accomplished and the discovery that is yet to happen for the rest of the time on earth. Usually saying a goodbye signifies someone leaving, yet it may be the realization to pursue growth as a human being. Leaving is inevitable, but it opens a new door to accomplish great