Answer to Question #195009 in English for Makaia Hill

Question

Robert Service (1874-1958) was a poet who wrote mainly about Alaska. In one of his poems, “The Spell of the Yukon,” he writes the following lines: 

There’s a land where the mountains are nameless,  And the rivers all run God knows where;  There are lives that are erring and aimless,  And deaths that just hang by a hair;  There are hardships that nobody reckons; There are valleys unpeopled and still; There’s a land—oh, it beckons and beckons, And I want to go back—and I will.   

Using Service’s poem as a source, create a person you think would be attracted to Alaska. List the person’s characteristics (for example, profession, age, gender, family background).   

Answer 1

Relying on the information from Robert Service's poem "The Spell of the Yukon", a person who would be attracted to Alaska is a young man in his late twenties or early thirties, who's profession is a gold miner and most prolly has no family of his own. The young man would also be introverted and enjoys quietude and being out in nature. Yukon is isolated and has a harsh landscape. However, the landscape is also a vivid beauty and the place is endowed with wildlife and natural resources, including forests, mountains, rocky terrains, valleys and minerals. It gives a sense of fairness, freshness and peace, which a calm person who appreciates nature and quietude would appreciate.