Read "One Generation Passeth Away and Another Cometh” and "Pilgrimage.”
What do the poems have in common?
Both address the importance of hope by establishing that people hope they will be remembered.
Both address the search for meaning by demonstrating that being remembered gives life purpose.
Both address the value of learning by showing that learning about the past can inform the present.
Both address the impact of the past on the present by asserting that legacy relies on physical items.
