The Speaker

The speaker conveys the urgency of praising the world despite the atrocities, suffering, and hardship that take place. This can be seen in the repeated notion that readers must praise the mutilated world. Though the speaker reveals very little personal information, it is clear that he or she values companionship and nature. In addition, this speaker is very aware of both current and historical tragedies. However, the speaker makes it clear that beauty and atrocity are both inherent in life. Rather than focus on one, the speaker encourages readers to embrace both.

Readers

The speaker addresses readers using the second-person pronoun "you." "You" stands in for all of humanity. While the contexts that the speaker describes become slightly more specific in the third section of the poem, they are still general enough to likely apply to everyone. For example, spending time with loved ones in a room...