ke many adults in their middle ages who realize what goes around comes around, Vaughn is expressing that the individual events of ones experience are simply drops of water in the vast stream of life. This is something of which I have no personal relation, however I know from observation it is true that as we grow older, our behavior slows down. It’s as though as people once we have matured to the point where we can successfully understand what our own reality is, we tend to simplify it.The end of the poem comes much like many expect their life should end. Lines thirty-three through forty read: As this loud brook’s incessant fall In streaming rings restagnates all, Which reach by course the bank, and then Are no more seen, just so pass men. O my invisible estate, My glorious liberty, still late! Thou art the channel my soul seeks, Not this with cataracts and creeks. This is the where the waterfall reaches its old age. I have been told that when you reach a certain age where it is apparent that your life has reached a point of decline, that it becomes harder to gain attention. Vaughn touches on this when he says, “and then Are no more seen, just so pass men.” This is a feeling of being ignored that I have been told is something we all must experience one day. After flowing through the woods in the form of a stream most water falls end in some sort of pond in the woods somewhere. A pond is very still and serene when it is left alone, and creates a calm environment. This state of serenity to me represents what many people imagine will be what their after life is. As “The Waterfall” ends it is as if a senior citizen is waiting on their death bed, sees the light, and wishes to become one with it.To view life as a waterfall is point of view that I can admire. Following the interpretations that I have made of “The Waterfall” I am happy to believe that my life is ahead of me, and I hope that I am ...
