YOUTH'S WARNING
BEWARE, exulting youth, beware,
When life's young pleasures woo,
That ere you yield you shrive your heart,
And keep your conscience true.
For sake of silver spent to-day
Why pledge to-morrow's gold?
Or in hot blood implant Remorse,
To grow when blood is cold?
If wrong you do, if false you play,
In summer among the flowers,
You must atone, you shall repay,
In winter among the showers.
When life's young pleasures woo,
That ere you yield you shrive your heart,
And keep your conscience true.
For sake of silver spent to-day
Why pledge to-morrow's gold?
Or in hot blood implant Remorse,
To grow when blood is cold?
If wrong you do, if false you play,
In summer among the flowers,
You must atone, you shall repay,
In winter among the showers.
To turn the balances of Heaven,
Surpasses mortal power;
For every white there is a black,
For every sweet a sour.'
For every up there is a down,
For every folly, Shame;
And Retribution follows Guilt,
As burning follows flame.
If wrong you do, if false you play,
In summer among the flowers,
You must atone, you shall repay,
In winter among the showers.
Surpasses mortal power;
For every white there is a black,
For every sweet a sour.'
For every up there is a down,
For every folly, Shame;
And Retribution follows Guilt,
As burning follows flame.
If wrong you do, if false you play,
In summer among the flowers,
You must atone, you shall repay,
In winter among the showers.
Analysis/ Review of the poem.
Let look into the analysis of the poem.
This is a beautiful poem written By Charles Mackay (1850). This a masterpiece that sent a sweet warning to the youth to be careful on the kind of life they choose to live, for whatever, they sow they shall ripe. This is a poem that sent messages to all the youth across the globe. The poem very simple and it written in a narrative form. It has rhyme and rhythms. The poet did justice in delivering his point clearly and open. The poem consist of two stanzas and twenty four lines.
Let look into the analysis of the poem.
This is a beautiful poem written By Charles Mackay (1850). This a masterpiece that sent a sweet warning to the youth to be careful on the kind of life they choose to live, for whatever, they sow they shall ripe. This is a poem that sent messages to all the youth across the globe. The poem very simple and it written in a narrative form. It has rhyme and rhythms. The poet did justice in delivering his point clearly and open. The poem consist of two stanzas and twenty four lines.
Looking the world we lived in (21 century generations) where social vice are becoming the order of the day, the poem serves as an antidote to set the youth on the right path. It open the eyes of the youths to make the right choice of living. Promoting a descents lifestyle and behavior. The theme of poem centered clearly on youths, giving them a forewarning to sow a good seed, in order to ripe a good fruit. This is seen in last four lines of stanza one and two as it is repeated twice in the poem.
which has become of the disturbing factor that rob youth their sense of responsibility in life. It comes to comfort and fantasy which youths should not deceive themselves with. This poem offers it reader the wisdom of life 4 &5 (in line, For sake of silver spent to-day, Why pledge to-morrow's gold?). A lot of youths have indulged in illegal activities just to attain success quick, however, the poet stated in line four “And keep your conscience true”, encouraging the youth to do true to themselves and do what is right.
In conclusion, the poem made its way to people’s heart, when the poet created a balance in mind of it reader, showing them the outcome of our deeds and balance of life. Everything you see or do has the other side of the coin. The poet ended the poem in the same way, he ended his first stanza.
Looking poetic devices used in the poem, the poet used more of metaphor and enjambment in his poem.