Poetry Can someone explain the following two poems by Archilochus and what they are referring to?
Attribute All to the Gods
Attribute all to the gods
They pick a man up,
Stretched on the black loam,
And set him on his two feet,
Firm,and then again
Shake solid men until
They fall backward
Into the worst of luck,
Wandering hungry,
Wild of mind.
Soul,Soul
Soul,soul,
Torn by perplexity,
On your feet now!
Throw forward your hest
To the enemy;
Keep close in the attack;
Move back not an inch.
But never crow in victory,
Nor mope hangdog in loss.
Overdo neither sorrow nor joy:
A measured motion governs man