William Chiu

The Sufi poems differ from the poems we read last week in both content and language. These poems are very relaxing to read because they deal with very mellow topics such as love, flying, and death. However they are not my style of poetry because they feel very cheesy portaying hippie themes almost. The poem that was the most interesting for me to analyze would be the poem by Attar dealing with the meaning of life. I found it very interesting how the auhtor says that people should find themselves while they are alive. These poems which deal with life make one wonder how one should go about living life to fully grasp what their life's meaning is. After reading this short yet inspiring poem, I was thinking about myself for a good few minutes. The other poems seem very much alike because of the repetitious subject matter so I did not find as much appeal in those poems.