Poem Analysis

    “Without” by Mohamed Fazloon            Katlyn Cowlham

    The poem I chose is called “Without” and im my opinion the poem is mainly about the value of life and all of its qualities. I think its about how life would be nothing without some of the good qualities.

    In the first line, “Without respect love is lost,” is a good example about how you can’t love without having respect for people and the ones you love. The second line, “Without care love is crossed,” is kinda of similar to the first line because if you don’t care about the people you love then they won’t love you back or they will leave you.

    The third line, “Without honestly everything is dead,” basically says that if you’re not honest with people then nobody will listen to you or care what you have to say.

    The fourth line, “Without life time is the overhead,” I think it means that if you don’t try and live your life then time will just tick by and pretty soon your time is almost up. The fifth line, “Without ambition career is spoiled,” means that if you have no ambition then you’re not going to get anything accomplished in life and you will lose your job.

    The sixth line, “Without guidance love is not sealed,” in my opinion means that without the guidance of your parents or someone else love will never last. Or I feel it could also mean that without guidance of where you want your relationship to go with someone that it won’t be sealed and it may just fade away.

    In the seventh line, “Without a mission life has o vision,” could mean that if you don’t have a goal in life you won’t amount to much and people won’t look twice at you. In the eighth line, “Without a path your life will be bedazzled,” basically says something similar to what the seventh line does and how you need to have goals in life. If you don’t have a certain path that you follow in life you're not going to amount to much.

    The last line, “Without plan you will strongly regret and bewailed,” this line I think is very similar to lines seven and eight. If you don’t know what you want to do with your life you won’t go anywhere and in the end you are going to regret not getting your life together sooner than you did.

    My overall opinion of this poem was it was basically just about the qualities of life and about how people need to set goals for themselves so they have something to live and work for so they can have a successful life.