Comparing Poems Essay

Comparing Two Poems

Both poems say that you should make the best out of life, but each poem has a different reason. "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" says people need to live to the fullest and enjoy every moment, because they won't get a second chance. "Spring and All" says that everyone was born with an equal chance, so they should make the best of it. Another difference between the two poems is "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" was written during the Romantic period, while Spring and All" was written during the Modern

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Comparison of Two Poems

In two of D.H Lawrence's works Bat and Man and Bat, both poems portray the author's encounters with bats and his feeling of disgust towards them. In this essay I will compare the two poems in terms of tone, rhythm, diction and style. Both Bat and Man and bat started with a peaceful tone; the author describes the setting in Florence, Italy and gives a calming tone to the readers. However, as the author proceeds with the poem, and starts to introduce a bat, the tone starts to change. In bat, the tone changes gradually, the author wonders why a swallow would fly so late– at this point he describes the swallow's movement and the tone changes; the readers sense a mysterious feel. When the author does confirm that the bird is in fact a...show more content...

The scene where the author tries to escape the bat is a typical action scene, happening very quickly. The author uses more exclamation marks to tense and fasten the rhythm more and this fast rhythm really helps the readers to understand the situation of the poem and also enhances the tone of disgust the author uses in the poem. Nevertheless, Man and Bat ended in a calming pace, the author reflects on the bat and threw away his grudges towards it– it leaves the readers content with the happy ending. However, Bat did not end as peaceful; the ending came abruptly, the author still hints a disgusted tone and the rhythm did not slow down– it even ended with an exclamation mark. This kind of ending leaves the readers hanging unlike Man and Bat. There were two main dictions in Bat and Man and Bat; diction for movement and diction for disgust. Both poems describe the bat's movements in the air, going 'round and round and round' and in both works the author emphasizes on his revolt towards the 'disgusting old rags'. In Bat, the author chose words such as 'swallows with spools of dark thread sewing the shadows together' when describing the birds movement; the readers feel the mystery of these swallows– yet not disgusted– and somehow the swallow's flight seemed elegant. However, when realizing that these swallows were in fact bats, the author uses words such as 'wildly vindictive' and Get more content

Comparing Song And Poems

The song and poem each have developed themes that are very similar to each other. The theme in Roberts Frost poem is don't get distracted by anything and keep on going. The techniques used to help are repetition and sensory language. What Roberts repetition in the poem is "And miles to go before i sleep" in lines sixteen and seventeen. Roberts sensory language is "His house is in the village though" in line two. The theme in the song that Tim McGraw wrote is have fun in life and make every second count. To help this theme become developed he used techniques such as: repetition, symbolism, and sensory language. The repetition in McGraw's song is "Live like you were dying". What he symbols in this song is "And all of a sudden going fishin'

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Comparing Two Poems

The poems I will talk about, are poems you may or may not have heard before. They are very different from each other. The first poem titled "Starry Night" was written by Anne Sexton a poet of the 20th century. The poem talks about a peaceful death wish by the author herself. The second poem "The Village Blacksmith" was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It talks about a blacksmith who works hard, and has had some rough patches in his life. These poems both talk about different subjects, and are filled with different poetic devices and elements. I picked a few to compare. The elements I chose, focus on showing the differences in the poems. The first comparison is dealing with the way both poems are written. "Starry Night" is written in Free verse. It doesn't follow a pattern or rhythm of any kind. For example "It moves. They are alive. / Even the moon bulges in its orange irons" (Sexton 7–9). However "The Village Blacksmith" does follow a rhythm. Here is an example from the text: Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands: The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands, (Longfellow 1–4). These lines are a clear indicator of rhythm....show more content...

The author's tone in "Starry Night" is expressed in the poem when talking about the beautiful night. It says, "Oh starry starry night! This is how / I want to die" (Sexton 5–6). The exclamation point in the line shows passion in the text. And "The Village Blacksmith" has a rhyme scheme, which is shown in this example. "You can hear his bellows blow / You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, / With measured beat and slow" (Longfellow 14–16). The example shows the rhyme scheme which happens to be every other line as a

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Comparing Two Poems

In the time that Alastair Reid worked on writing, he wrote many different poems. One called Curiosity, and another called Where The Truth Lies. These poems are both very different. The poem Curiosity tells more of a story. Where The Truth Lies doesn't seem to do that as much. Instead it is more of an experience. Besides what the poems are about, Curiosity is much longer and more detailed. The two poems, Curiosity and Where The Truth Lies, are written almost completely different. Between the two poems, Curiosity is much longer than Where The Truth Lies. It is also more detailed. Where The Truth Lies is much shorter and is written in a way that makes you think about what it means. In Curiosity, the lines are longer as well as the stanzas. I

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Comparing War Poems Died of Wounds and Suicide in the Trenches are two poems, which I will be comparing the similarities and differences, which were written by the same author. Both these poems were written by a person called Siegfried Sasson, who wrote most of his poems during the World War One, which outlined how bad the war was to those at home after suffering from being Shell Shocked. I will be comparing the language it uses, ideas it contains and the way it is structured between both poems, which Siegfried Sasson uses to demonstrate that war is evil, and should be stopped. The theme in Died of Wounds is that soldiers become shell–shocked and go insane. They also suffer from mental and ...show more content...

On the forth line of Died of Wounds the author says "He did the business well" where "business" is a metaphor, for it is the earnest of the wounded solider to draw attention to himself. Also on the last line of Died of Wounds the author describes dead soldier as a "slight wound" where he is comparing a dead solider to a small wound, and therefore it does not matter, and he is also comparing the country to a solider, which is hardly notices a slight wound. There is also some similarity in Suicide in the Trenches where Siegfried Sasson describes the trenches as if it is like hell meaning that war was like a place where young people went and got themselves killed. On the first line of Died of Wounds, Siegfried Sasson wrote "Wet White", which is alliteration, which is a type of sound device. He also does this on the third line, ninth line and the last line. This makes the poem sound better. There is also some similarity in Suicide in the Trenches, where the author also uses this device to make the poem catchier but instead uses different letters to make it sound different and better. There is also another similarity in both poems where there are no assonances, which is the same as alliteration but it does not occur in consonants

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Comparing Two Poems

The poems I will talk about, are poems you may or may not have heard before. They are very different from each other. The first poem titled "Starry Night" was written by Anne Sexton a poet from the 20th century. The poem talks about a peaceful death wish by the author herself. The second poem "The Village Blacksmith" was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It talks about a blacksmith who works hard, and has had some rough patches in his life. These poems both talk about different subjects, and are filled with different poetic devices and elements. I picked a few to compare. The elements I chose focus on showing the differences in the poems. The first comparison is dealing with the way both poems are written. "Starry Night" is written in Free verse. It doesn't follow a pattern or rhythm of any kind. For example "It moves. They are alive. / Even the moon bulges in its orange irons" (7–9). However "The Village Blacksmith" does follow a rhythm. Here is an example from the text, "Under a spreading chestnut tree / The village smithy stands / The smith, a mighty man is he / With large and sinewy hands" (1–4). These lines are a clear indicator of rhythm....show more content...

The author's tone in "Starry Night" is expressed in the poem when talking about the beautiful night. It says, "Oh starry starry night! This is how / I want to die" (5–6). The exclamation point in the line shows passion behind text. And "The Village Blacksmith" has a rhyme scheme, which is shown in this example. "You can hear his bellows blow / You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, / With measured beat and slow" (14–16). The example shows the rhyme scheme which happens to be every other line as a

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A Comparison of Poetry In this essay two poems will be juxtaposed. One of the poems is called "My parents kept me from children who were rough". This poem was written by Stephen Spender. Stephen Spender was greatly admired for his work and was knighted in 1983. He lived in the 20th century and died 22 years after W H Auden in 1995 .The second poem chosen is called "Funeral Blues and was written by W H Auden. W H Auden was a greatly respected homosexual poet who lived in the 20th century. He was born in 1907 and died in 1973. W H Auden's full name was Wystan Hugh Auden. He wrote Funeral Blues in 1936. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" a young boy is being bullied...show more content...

The rhythm in "Funeral Blues" is a very slow one which emphasises the sadness of the poet whereas in the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" there is a medium pace rhythm which accelerates gradually during the poem and then slows down at the end to a slow pace. Both "My parents kept me from children who were rough" and "Funeral Blues" have four lines in every verse but the amount of verses in each poem differ since the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" has only three verses whereas "Funeral Blues has four. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" all three of the verses are set in the past tense whereas in "Funeral Blues" three of the verses are talking about the present and only one is talking about the past. The verse, which is referring to something in the past, is the one that talks about the man who died. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" lines similar to "I feared more than tigers their muscles like iron" conjures up an image in one's head of large and very muscular boys. An example of the boys abuse and images, which is stated in the poem, is " And who threw world like stones and who wore torn clothes". This line shows us that the boys would use bad language and would dress very badly. The imagery in "Funeral Blues" is one of a heart broken man who is very sad and depressed Get more content

"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" are contrasting poems. They seem to be opposites of each other, "The Lamb" sends a message of innocence and purity, while "The Tyger" sends a message of evil, fear, and hate. "The Tyger" is definitely a stronger poem, it's written in questions and progressively gets more and more intense. Both poem uses symbolism and the animal represents a quality. There are references to the Christian figure Jesus, it says in "The Lamb," "For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child (14):" However there is no references to any religious figure in "The Tyger." "The Lamb" is written in a question and answer format. The first stanza was a series of questions that asked who created such innocence. Afterward the first stanza, it's followed by a stanza of answers and responses to the first stanza. The whole poem is written in a gentle nature that calms the reader and adds assurance to the reader. However contrasting "The Lamb," "The Tyger" is written very aggressively and makes the reader doubt and question the innocence of the world.

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