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A didactic poem, written in the second person to intensify the feeling of the poet's admonition to the reader. With the use of the second person the poem gains in immediacy and each reader feels that the poem is addressed to him. Although the poem refers to Ithaca, it is not a poem of return, a poem of fasting, as was the journey of Odysseus. It's a journey of going. The traveler of the poem starts to Ithaca, does not return to Ithaca. We hope that the journey will last a long time and will be full of adventures and knowledge. On the journey to Ithaca there will be no obstacles like those encountered by Odysseus on his own journey. The trip to Ithaca will not have insurmountable difficulties if the traveler keeps his thinking at a high level, if he does not deal with small things and insignificant issues. During the journey, he must offer high quality emotions to his mind, as well as to his body, and not engage in meaningless pleasures. If the traveler does not take care of his spiritual cultivation, the Cyclops will not be needed to end his journey, any insignificant obstacle will be enough to get him out of his way. The difficulties encountered by Odysseus were very great and it took a lot of effort on his part to overcome them. But for the traveler of the poem, there is no risk of such significant problems. Only if the traveler is afraid and thinks negatively may difficulties arise in his journey, only if he magnifies his problems will he find it difficult to continue his journey. If the traveler is not afraid and does not have the tendency to dramatize the small problems of his life, he will be able to continue his journey unhindered. The people themselves are the ones who set up obstacles in their way, because they are afraid to dare, because they are afraid to claim their dreams. Ithaca was the motivation, it was the source of strength, to be able to cope with the needs of life and that is why it was finally worth every effort. Ithaca is the destination but it has nothing more to offer us than the journey we make to reach it, even though it's worth every effort, it's worth all our dedication, and all our gratitude that keeps us in a constant vigilance and effort.
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