Ap English Poetry Comparison Essay

Both poems are themed about their unbreakable bond of love and are free verse. Because both poems use “I” they are 1st person point of view. Most poems have repetition as these

love so strong that you cannot live without your lover; imagine love so strong that if you cannot

The next difference that stands out between the two poems is the different tones in the speakers. In the poem by Robert Hayden, the tone comes off as having sadness and regret towards the speaker’s father. The poem says, “What did I know, what did I know of loves austere and lonely offices?” (13). In this writing, the speaker is now older and is looking back on what her father did for her as a child to show his love. She is sad now because, in her mind, she thought that her father did not care about her, but looking back she can clearly see that he loves her, which now makes her regret her relationship with him. In the poem by Lucille Clifton, the tone of the speaker can be perceived as the speaker being bitter and angry towards her father because he never bothered to take care of her and her mother both emotionally and financially. Clifton writes, “But you were the only son of a needy father, and the father of a needy son; you gave her all you had which was nothing” (12). The speaker’s father never gave his family anything, therefore, the speaker wants everything she never got in return. Both of these poems tie into theme in a certain way. “Those Winter Sundays” tone ties back to theme because they deal with regret and sadness because of the love the speaker never knew as a child.

A similarity between the poems is the topic of parents writing to their children to teach them. At the very end in “Girl”, it states “ you mean to say that after all, you are really going to be the kind of women who the baker won’t let near the bread?” Similarly, in “If, “And which is more, you’ll be a man my son!” which was stated in the last stanza. This evidence first shows a parent speaking to their child. Secondly, it shows the writing of the parents to teach their kids in their own ways. Both parents are speaking for a meaning. This topic runs through both of these poems that shows parent speaking to their kids for a reason.

Both poems revolve around a very controversial topic: race. At the same time, race isn’t the only focus that drives them. They both have an underlying topic that they both touch on, which is being an outsider in society. They are similar in that they focus on the misinterpretation of race, but they differ in that they speak of and expect other people to interpret races in different ways. The speaker in Giovanni’s poem does not want outside cultures to come up with misinterpretations about black people and Hayes’ speaker keeps himself from speaking out to prevent misinterpretations about black people.

One of the comparisons between the stories is the fact that the primary character, which is also the protagonist, has made incredible efforts in trying to gain the love and the expectations of their love lady, and mainly focused upon especially toward which he places all his emotions

In the poem “Making Sarah Cry” and the play “Watsons Go to Birmingham” the common theme in both stories is the theme courage. For example in “Making Sarah Cry” the characters stand up to bullies which shows courage and in the play “Watsons Go to Birmingham” the Watsons show stand up to being treated differently. While both of those stories share a common theme the mood of the stories are completely different. The story “Making Sarah Cry”’s mood was sad. While in the story “Watsons Go to Birmingham” has a few acts of violence.

Furthermore, allusions of the man's excruciating love and commiseration are dotted throughout the song, the puerile gentleman declaring "Oh, oh, keep you like an oath/May nothing but death do us apart."

Many similarities that are narrated in the stories are familiar to the reader that may be going in their lives. Thus, the imaginations of these two authors brings the love to life as the reader is memorized of his/her own imagination is intrigued as the story unfolds increasing the excitement of what is to come next. The love between two people that grows deeper with every stolen moment. each precious touch no matter risks for that love. Falling in love is easy, but true love is much harder to find. relating to the events that occurred with the characters in the stories is what brings the excitement of reading.. Love has many effects on people and no two people react the exact same way. The perception of love plays a big part on the person(s) involved and the outcome of the relationships will vary from one person to another. Murder, deceit, lusting, underhanded maneuvers, cheating all are events that could occur in romance. Falling in love is a beautiful thing and in these stories dangerous enough to end up in death. Reality is; true love is hard to

Both poets use metaphor differently in text to give many meanings. For Instance, Marie Howe in “Practicing” compared a sex room to a boat with portholes and booths which had connections with: water and being aroused, kissing booths, and portholes with genitalia. There are several connections that come up

One major difference between the poems are that, the men in “the suitor” show their true selves without a problem. In “the monologue of an onion it is

There are certain themes and ideas which appear over and over again in literature, no matter what the genre or form. Poems which were written centuries apart can echo similar ideas about life and humanity. Love is one such theme which presents itself repeatedly as seen in the poetry of William Shakespeare and that of Robert Burns. Each poem, though written more than two hundred years apart, explains what it feels like for the poet to feel love for the singular object of their affection. The poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" by Shakespeare and Burns' "A Red, Red Rose" share common images and themes with the intention of instilling in the reader the impression of their love and in explaining the depth of their emotion for the beloved as well as the respective poets ideas about the very nature of love and how it can be both passionately fulfilling and devastating.

Another example found in "Love Of Life" is when it says "There was rush grass on that stream - this he remembered well - but no timber, and he would follow till its

The two poems I am comparing are ‘Two Scavengers in a truck, Two Beautiful people in a Mercedes', written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, which shows the contrast between rich and poor in San Francisco, and ‘Nothings Changed', written by Tatamkhulu Afrika. ‘Nothing's Changed' is an autobiographical poem about a man returning to the town he grew up in as an adult, and how everything is still the same.

For me, the ten lines of this stanza is a blissful remainder that love only comes like a thief in the night. Indeed, when one least expects it.