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Both poems “World! Why do you hound me?” and “Poem” are both making the reader think by focusing on universal subjects and feelings such as human values in a rather superficial society or our own consciousness. Nevertheless the two poets manage to lead to a reflection from the reader in different ways.

Juana Inés de La Cruz uses her own experience in life as an inspiration for her autobiographical poem. Indeed the “me” and “I” omnipresent throughout the poem are referring to her character, a young and good-looking woman at the court , the “prey” of the society, who would like the people to notice her for her “Understanding” rather than for her “Beauty”.

In contrast, Allama Mohammed Iqbal does not concentrate on one specific example but on a wider question asked from the very first line: “Are you Alive, Dead or DeadAlive?” He obviously means that there are three states in life including being completely free to do what we aim to, being unable to make our own choice or remaining an empty body without consciousness that is to say awareness of what you are.

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On top of that, “World! why do you hound me?” conveys a moral opinion on the ephemeral (“soon gone, the daily loot of Time”) and superficial, material sides of life (“Beauty, Money, Luxury, Wealth, Pretty Face, forged crown, vanities”) opposed to the mental activities (“Understanding, Truth”). Right from the beginning, the author shows she is overwhelmed, strongly involved and passionate in her complaint by using a strong punctuation and the apostrophy “World!” which represents the people at the court in general, full of prejudice based on the appearances.

On the contrary, “Poem” introduces a dimension of religion (“God’s ...

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