“A Wish” is a poem with excellent meaning hidden inside it. This poem is cleverly written by Matthew Arnold. The poet is very much life oriented in this poem. He is asking God to give him that life which he is wishing for.
Poet doesn’t want anything else but he is simply wishing to get his hold on his dream life. That is why he is letting everything to flow out and he is ready to face whatever will come ahead. Thus, poet is looking somewhat nervous here. He is not happy with the usual life which is very busy. He is wishing to let time flow in its own way; he doesn’t want to care for anything. Nothing is big in front of his wish. Wish has become everything for him and he is ready to pay anything to fulfill it.
This life is so busy and no one is ready to waste even a single minute. In earlier times everyone paid a little attention to their wishes but now this “Wish” has lost its meaning. It is ignored and not counted important before other works and tasks.
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If this is life then why are people living? What are they going to achieve? Will they achieve their aim by doing this? If “Wish” doesn’t exist then why is this life going on? What is the real meaning of life? All these questions get their answers in this poem. This poem is the mediator between the aim and wish. Anybody can not calculate their aim as wish. This is because wish is so much different than aim. Aim means living for something but wish means existing for something. Wish can give exact meaning to this life. Wish the thing which is beyond everything be it money or time.
Poet doesn’t want funeral for death. He wishes to see this beautiful world alone. Always surrounding yourself with people is also not good in his point of view. Therefore, you can not live always in crowd or can not provide your extra attention to others sayings. What you need to do is to see how beautiful this world is! In this way you can feel the true colors of life. This is the way to enjoy each season of the climate. To let yourself beyond this world you need to wish first. Thus you can not give useless excuses of time and business. Only then you can enjoy this life or else when your life comes to an end you will say that you didn’t enjoy this life.
Always remember there is only one life and you need to enjoy it in all possible ways. For the same poet asks to push yourself alone for your wish. No one is going to wait for you or make you happy. Only you and your wish are best friends of each other. Take a clear picture of your present life. Don’t count how much life is wasted but see how much remains still for you to live. Give a quick break to usual life and try to follow your wish.