Two poems

The two poems we read today in class offered an interesting contrast between heroes and time. One provides the thought that one hero died too young, while the second poem states that odysseus has survived too long. Both basically ask which is better, to die while on top, or live long past your prime. Both seem to show the negative in both. It pretty much left me with the thought that fate is fate, and where your life goes and ends takes its course, and we are along for the ride.