There is always a time in a person's life when death, regret, and solitude cause one to feel emotional pain. Although life is full of ache, one must endure it and move on. In the poem "Grass" by Sandburg, the grass has magical healing powers that help bury the bodies of victims fallen by wars. The grass acts as a shield to help one forget about past sorrows. If one did remember the horror and grief of war, one could never find solace and peace. This is why one must move on with their life and let the grass "cover all." Also, in "Out, Out" by Frost, a boy dies as an effect of his own careless actions. When the witnesses of the crime comprehend that there is "no more to build" from the child's death, they walk away and go on with their lives. Again in "The Gift" by Ciardi, all of the narrator's loved ones die, and he must learn to wake up in the morning to face the world alone. After conceiving a child, he then realizes how wonderful life is and "was very kind to the son that who at last was his." The narrator's faith in mankind resurrects and he appreciates life more than ever before. The biggest gift, he decides, is relief. One strong-holding moral is that regret of what should have been done comes back to haunt a person later in life. "Mezzo Cammin" by Longfellow helps depict this moral. It is a poem written during a mid-life crisis. The narrator believes that he let "the years slip" from himself while wasting his youth having done not even one of his aspirations. He is filled with sorrow and grief after his wife dies, even though she was the reason why he could not achieve his dreams in the first place. The narrator's regret in life is great, but he must then recognize that he is only halfway done with his life, and has many more years left to do what he wants to do. Furthermore, in "Storms Begin Far Back," another poe...