Friendship by Henry David Thoreau
Henry
David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher and leading transcendentalist.
He was well known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in
natural surroundings. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in
the face of historical change and natural decay. He also advocated abandoning
waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.
In
this poem Henry describes his feelings, emotions, and sentiments as well as he beautifully described love through friendship. The poem highlights the theme of
love and friendship with the philosophical idea of Henry David Thoreau.
'According
to Henry David Thoreau love and friendship are both on the same level as
synonyms of each other, he analyzed it from roots and found that they both are
equal and equally both are important in any relationship.
Love
It
is the greatest feeling in the world that is the base of every relationship, no
feeling is superior to love in life. With love in heart, person can win anyone
and anything in his life. Love can be seen in many relationships: between
children and parents, friends, couples. But it is incomplete without
friendship. Because a certain percentage of friendship is necessary in order to
make a successful relationship.
Friendship
Thoreau
describes that it is the greatest gift that you can give to yourself. Everyone
needs at least one good friend in his life because friends are an important and
crucial part of our life. In a difficult situation, friends are our backbone
who support us with whom we can share our sorrow and happiness. True friends
are those who love you unconditionally supports you and believe in you. Hereby saying all these poets try to co-relate friendship and love and say that
both go in hand in hand.
In
his attempt to determine the limit of friendship, he immersed himself in the
ocean of friendship. His deep exploration made him realize that the roots of
friendship are intertwined, inseparable and undetermined.
In
this way poet sings the glory of friendship over a love that is the friendship
which always leads towards love.
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