Although the poems, “Hatred” and “The Century’s Decline” by Wislawa Szymborska seem different, they actually present similar ideas and points. They are very similar in terms of tone and theme. The tone in the poems “Hatred” and “The Century’s Decline” is negative and pessimistic. In the first stanza, Szymborska writes, “our century’s hatred. / How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles. / How rapidly it pounces, tracks us down” (“Hatred” 3-5). Also, in the fourth stanza, Szmborska writes, “Only hatred has just what it takes” (“Hatred” 28). The word “only” in this quote shows how different hatred is compared to any other behavior and feeling. In these quotes, the speaker’s negativism and pessimism clearly show, because the speaker is praising …show more content…
(Szymborska 30-33) The word “finally” shows that something should have already happened before. This quote clearly shows that a man that is good and strong should already exist but a good man is not strong, but weak and a strong man is not good, but bad in the twentieth century.
Although the poems, “Hatred” and “The Century’s Decline” by Wislawa Szymborska seem different, they actually present similar ideas and points. They are very similar in terms of tone and theme. The tone in the poems “Hatred” and “The Century’s Decline” is negative and pessimistic. In the first stanza, Szymborska writes, “our century’s hatred. / How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles. / How rapidly it pounces, tracks us down” (“Hatred” 3-5). Also, in the fourth stanza, Szmborska writes, “Only hatred has just what it takes” (“Hatred” 28). The word “only” in this quote shows how different hatred is compared to any other behavior and feeling. In these quotes, the speaker’s negativism and pessimism clearly show, because the speaker is praising hatred and expressing that hatred is powerful, quick, and prevalent over other feelings, no matter the situation. The speaker’s negative and pessimistic tone in “Hatred” connects to the speaker’s tone in “The Century’s Decline”. In “The Century’s Decline”, the speaker mentions, “Our twentieth century was going to improve on the others. / It will never prove it now, / now that its years are numbered,” (Szymborska 1-3). The word “never”