Fairness and Justice
"A psalm of life" and "The tide rises the tide falls", are two poems in which the values of fairness and justice are present, Fairness is when something or someone is treated with equality, while justice is the quality of being fair and reasonable, in a psalm of life, Fairness is present in the story because the author tells the readers of the poem that if we make the most out of our lives we will come to better enjoy our lives, meanwhile justice is also present in the story because in a way the author is trying to tell us that people which make the most out of their lives will be rewarded while people who are lazy and waste their lives will never be successful, in addition the author clearly makes a point in telling the reader that life can both be fair and unfair depending on the situation.
In "the tide rises the tide falls" while the value of Fairness is not directly shown, there is a hidden meaning in the poem regarding fairness, because in the poem it is implied that everything we do in life will eventually be forgotten, but life as a whole will carry on without us, this is exemplified by the traveler in the poem ,and the ocean waves, because the ocean waves erase the travelers footprints as he leaves for the town, but the tide will keep rising and falling for eternity, justice is also only vaguely described to us, and is instead left for the readers to interpret its meaning in the poem, it could be interpreted as a reference to the absolution of a persons crimes, since the footprints could represent a persons wrongdoings, and the tide could be seen as some sort of punishment for those mistakes.
A thing both poems have in common is how vaguely they transmit their messages to the audience, however in the end these two poems are very similar in concept to each other, since they both try to inspire people to be good people and make the most out of their lives, however a major difference would be that "a psalm of life" relies more heavily in religious themes while "the tide rises the tide falls" presents the readers with more tangible examples of both fairness and justice.
In the end i think these two values are essential to learn, because they teach us to better enjoy our lives.
In "the tide rises the tide falls" while the value of Fairness is not directly shown, there is a hidden meaning in the poem regarding fairness, because in the poem it is implied that everything we do in life will eventually be forgotten, but life as a whole will carry on without us, this is exemplified by the traveler in the poem ,and the ocean waves, because the ocean waves erase the travelers footprints as he leaves for the town, but the tide will keep rising and falling for eternity, justice is also only vaguely described to us, and is instead left for the readers to interpret its meaning in the poem, it could be interpreted as a reference to the absolution of a persons crimes, since the footprints could represent a persons wrongdoings, and the tide could be seen as some sort of punishment for those mistakes.
A thing both poems have in common is how vaguely they transmit their messages to the audience, however in the end these two poems are very similar in concept to each other, since they both try to inspire people to be good people and make the most out of their lives, however a major difference would be that "a psalm of life" relies more heavily in religious themes while "the tide rises the tide falls" presents the readers with more tangible examples of both fairness and justice.
In the end i think these two values are essential to learn, because they teach us to better enjoy our lives.
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