Comparing and contrasting two Poems on the theme of childhood By

undeniable that putting two works into conversation with each other can have several advantages. For example, in the poems “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, and Lucille Clifton’s “forgiving my father” they both portray their childhood memories that aren 't so picture perfect. While these poems highlight the wrongdoings of their father’s, in the end they both end up forgiving their fathers despite their lack of care. Although the authors portray it to us in different ways, by comparing both of these texts

Read the two poems carefully and write an essay of 800-1000 words comparing and contrasting them in any way you think is interesting. The immediately obvious theme present in both poems was, for me, the concept of maternal love. Both Robert Louis Stevenson and Jacob Sam-La Rose are unconventional in that they portray this affection not as something beautiful and pure as poetic tradition would dictate, but a painful ordeal for both parent and child. The mother referenced in “To Any Reader” by

The different structures of both “The Ecchoing Green” and “London” symbolize contrasting concepts that allude to the tone; the diverging structures and tones between each poem contribute to a similar fundamental understanding of the shift in ambiance before and after the Industrial Revolution. First, Blake uses symbolism in “The Ecchoing Green” to create meaning from the structure of the poem, consisting of three stanzas, which can be attributed to the structure of a day: from morning to night. A

reading in the poetry of love. The poem the ‘The Anniversary’ By John Donne, is a metaphysical poem about the sun itself growing older each year, this process reminds Donne that him and his lover are closer to their end. The second poem is called ‘One Flesh’, and is written by Elizabeth Jennings. In the course of this poem Jennings explores the relationship and separateness of her now elderly parents. There are multiple contrasting factors between these two poems, considering they are both written

Childhood in Robert Frost's Birchess and William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper Robert Frost's view of childhood is much different than that of William Blake, as expressed in their respective poems, "Birches" and "The Chimney Sweeper". Living in the late seventeenth century, Blake saw some hard times; and as such, paints a very non-romantic picture of childhood. Frost, however, sees things differently. The result is two glaringly different poems that goes to prove how very different people are

Commentary of “Rising Five” by Norman Nicholson Norman Nicholson’s “Rising Five” is a narrative poem, written in first person narrative. The poem displays human tendency to look forward to future and articulates how people rush through certain stages of life, eventually driving to death itself. Throughout the poem, Nicholson questions people’s need to look ahead, without cherishing what we have in the present. Nicholson utilizes structure to emphasize human action looking ahead of time, metaphors

Comparing and Contrasting Digging and The Follower In this essay I will be giving quotes and explaining about two pieces of poetry, written by Seamus Heaney. The two poems I will be writing on will contrast and his memories on his rural childhood. The poems will be "the follower" which takes us back to Heaney as a child wanting to follow in his father's footsteps. I will also be writing on "digging", which takes us back once again to his farm but instead not wanting

The two poems “The Chimney Sweeper” and “London” by William Blake, and the two poems “Tich Miller” and “Timothy Winters” are all on a theme of childhood, however, they are set in different eras and so childhood should be very different. Discuss this, comparing and contrasting the poems. As a child, William Blake was a loner. He never socialised with other children and sat by himself reading the Bible. His family were very religious, but did not agree with organised religion. This meant

whether he made the right choice; this is recurring theme in literature, evident in works such as Crime and Punishment and A Separate Peace. T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock explores the universal nature of hesitation and self-doubt as part of the human condition primarily through apt use of metaphor, syntax, and allusion. Eliot uses metaphor to relate accessible, physical entities and concepts to more abstract themes present in the poem. In

Compare and Contrast 3 poems from AQA GCSE Anthology, Moon on the Tides. In this piece of writing I will be comparing and contrasting 3 poems. Which are ‘Praise Song for my mother’, ‘Harmonium’ and ‘Nettles. The title of each poem describes exactly what it is and what is about. ‘Praise Song for my Mother’ is not actually a poem, it is a praise son. Which in Guyana (where Grace Nichols was born) it is something written after a person close to them has dies. It is written to commemorate and rejoice