Analysis Of 'When I Consider How My Life Is Spent'

When it comes to life, there are so many questions about life that everyone longs to get an answer to. Sometimes our best friends, our family, or even strangers can give us the best answer and advice to a question. Sometimes it is impossible to get answers to certain questions, and we just have to live life not knowing what will happen. There are also times when there is nowhere to turn, but to look to a higher power to get the answer. In, “When I Consider How My Life Is Spent,” by John Milton, and, “Easter Wings,” by George Herbert, they both must look to God to find answers to their questions in the midst of their despair.
John Milton is a famous poet that is blessed beyond belief with his special of capturing words and turning them into a powerful poem. Milton uses poetry to serve God in

He uses his gift of words to create poetry to captivate people and bring them closer to the Lord. Milton wrote a poem about losing his eyesight and his dwindling ability to write poetry called, “When I Consider How My Life Is Spent.” There is a sense of religious uncertainty and depression that comes over the poem as it begins. In Milton’s poem he writes, “Ere half my days in this dark world and wide” (2). Milton lost his vision before he was mid-aged. His loss of vision is very devastating to him, because he feels like the only way he can humbly serve God is with his gift of writing powerful poetry. Milton does not see the light of God or living life as much anymore without his vision. He does not understand why God would let this happen to him when he lived for serving God with poetry. This causes his faith and hope to