How does the poet bear witness to tragedy or more difficult aspects of human life? E.g. in Amichai’s case, the most obvious example is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; in Walcott’s, it’s the long aftermath of imperialism, colonialism, and racism on the Caribbean.

Walcott comments on the the struggle of faith and how one can be consumed by their beliefs; sometimes by choice, and other times out of necessity. The “Endless Poem” is quite literal as it relates to the cyclical pattern of the lines, but it also has metaphorical undertones. The infiniteness of the poem is also met to express the infiniteness of his devotion to his faith. This is reinforced by the symbolism of the museum. Museums are normally used exhibit and document old or impactful events/ works of art throughout history. Featured in this museum was an old synagogue which houses the religion of Judaism. And even though the synagogue is “old”, the narrator still maintains his position in it. It is apart of him and he is apart of it. Once again, this reenforcing this idea of dependency on faith. Overall, it shows the difficulty of life consumption of faith to motivate and drive people to make it through the struggles.