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Poem 1: famouspoetsandpoems.com

  I Mark Your Courage  by Ivan Donn Creswell

I had no profound feelings of shock or surprise

to those matter-of-fact revelations

which spelled the end of this chapter of your life.

It was, as you put it, too late for recriminations,

and the horrendous realities could be no worse

for having faced them.

I mark your courage in that moment of admission,

when your soul cried out in sympathetic pain,

worn thin by abrasions of self-imprisonment

and total subjugation to providence.

You did not disguise your frailty

as lesser men are apt by schemes

which shorten their horizons, elaborate their dreams.

That you are a molecule conniving in

the physics of human chemistry

is no slight upon your status,

without dynamic you are less

a man of cloth than habit claims you be;

And martyr to ascription is the poorer fate

than anticipated condemnation from

a selfless breach of faith.

Ordinary passions do not progress beyond

the continuum of priestly enlightenment; we share

a whole psychology of man's experience

as our eternal life. Its unitary expression

is no greater than the measureless sum,

and the sum is no value less than life itself.

No enlightened soul can judge another man

for passions of humanity; the sentence of conscience

is an arbitrary punishment in which we all delight.

I am no herdsman fearing ill in ceaseless care

of herded sheep, nor could I choose

entanglement with such an entity; your flock

survives as do your prayers, and will survive

long past your flight. You earned their trust

in episodes of heart and light, and keep

its privileged charter frozen out of time,

embalmed in a perfect past.

As one we mourn your passing.

    I think that this poem is about how there are so many reasons why people do not have the courage to do things that they are not used to doing. Evocative language (underlined) are words in this poem that describe what people feel which maybe sadness and other feelings. There are figurative comparisons such as "we share a whole psychology of man's experience as our eternal life." This means that what one person experiences, everyone else does to. which means that people almost does the same things as everyone else. This poem refers to all the pains and sufferings that a person can have. There are so many things that can make you scared and make you not want to do things. Due to all of those things a person can lose their courage to stand up and go up and about to do the things that frighten them. 

Poem 2: poemhunter.com

Courage- Harihara Sudhahar Ramamoorthy

Many are the troubles we are confronted with,

Life is no more than a troublesome myth;

Reality is so bizarre and weak,

Sadness and fear has reached its peak;

What we lack is the courage to start;

Yet what we need is just a strong living heart,

Gather your wits all in one part,

And face that evil killing dart;

Whatever will happen, whatever it will take,

You are not going to let it break;

Cross the line and break your fate,

And start to try loving what you hate;

You have the right to decide your life' course,

But be ready it may be all hollow and hoarse;

Try all that you can but dont give up,

If in the end, you want the winning cup;

The courage is all that you need,

In your life, that will be the sowing seed,

It may put you in the lead,

But never will it be the 'weed';

If you think you are missing something,

It’s the courage, the courage, in your ears it will ring.

     I think that this poem is about what courage can do to your life, and that it can make a difference if you try. Evocative language(underlined)  are words that describe what life can have if we don’t have the courage.There is a metaphor “The courage is all that you need, In your life, that will be the sowing seed.” This means that courage is all you need to be happy and not regret doing things you’ve always wanted to do. This poem is about how life can give you troubles, but you do whatever it takes to be strong and not hold back from doing the things you want to do. We dodge the bad things and we don’t let those things bother us, so that way we can do what we want to do.

Poem 3:famouspoetsandpoems.com
Courage- Anne Sexton

It is in the small things we see it.

The child's first step,

as awesome as an earthquake.

The first time you rode a bike,

wallowing up the sidewalk.

The first spanking when your heart

went on a journey all alone.

When they called you crybaby

or poor or fatty or crazy

and made you into an alien,

you drank their acid

and concealed it.

Later,

if you faced the death of bombs and bullets

you did not do it with a banner,

you did it with only a hat to

comver your heart.

You did not fondle the weakness inside you

though it was there.

Your courage was a small coal

that you kept swallowing.

If your buddy saved you

and died himself in so doing,

then his courage was not courage,

it was love; love as simple as shaving soap.

Later,

if you have
endured a great despair,

then you did it alone,

getting a transfusion from the fire,

picking the scabs off your heart,

then wringing it out like a sock.

Next, my kinsman, you powered your sorrow,

you gave it a back rub

and then you covered it with a blanket

and after it had slept a while

it woke to the wings of the roses

and was transformed.

Later,

when you face old age and its natural conclusion

your courage will still be shown in the little ways,

each spring will be a sword you'll sharpen,

those you love will live in a fever of love,

and you'll bargain with the calendar

and at the last moment

when death opens the back door

you'll put on your carpet slippers

and stride out.

 I think that this poem is about how courage can last a lifetime, if you don't let things get in the way.  There are a few words, but not many that stand out and give you emotional feedback. But the words are simple enough to get to the message. There are metaphors and similes that relate to why people should not be afraid of doing things that life gives you the opportunity to do. This poem is about the journey of life and how courage did not hold you back from doing the things you love to do.