Elizabeth Bishop's 'Funeral Blues, AndOne Art'

Although the poem “Annabel Lee,” is a darker poem about losing someone, it still mentions the theme of love and how it can take over a person. To add on, the poem “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart),” was more of a warm poem about love and the happiness it brings. The theme of love is presented in both of the poems and Cummings wanted the reader to know that love can fill a person’s heart and heal it, but can also break it and leave a permanent scar on someone. Both of the poems have a sense of attachment towards the narrator’s loved one. This expresses the fact that they cannot live without them because they are their whole world. The two poems carry the theme of love in a person's heart and shows that love can bring both negative and positive feelings in one’s life. Clearly, the two poems “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe and “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)” by E E Cummings, share many similarities due to the theme of love, the emotions, and feelings it can convey to the

Essentially I feel that each poem in its own “Funeral Blues” (W. H. Auden), “Death, be not proud” (John Donne), and “Because I could not stop for Death” (Emily Dickinson) are unique in their own way however, I feel that two poems in particular may show more similarity in each other versus all three being compared at once although, I will be comparing and contrasting all three poems towards the end of this essay. For example, When reading “Funeral Blues” (W. H. Auden), I felt a greater sense of similarity to “Because I could not stop for death” (Emily Dickinson) versus “Death, be not proud” (John Donne) so I will begin to discuss those poems first. When comparing each poem I will

This is evident in the titles of the works, “the sun rising” provoking thoughts of new beginnings and excitement. “rising” suggests an uplifting aura, though this is hampered by the speaker immediately calling the sun a “busy old fool” in opening. Combined these factors suggest youthful arrogance. The title “Funeral Blues” is even more indicative, setting the sombre tone of the work due to the death of a loved one. The structuring of the poems contributes also, with Funeral Blues having a regular AABB pattern, making lines feel uniform and serious. It suggests that while the speaker has lost so much he clings to structure and order. In comparison to this, The Sun Rising follows a less consistent rhyming scheme, with some lines rhyming with the one after, and some alternating. This creates a looser, less serious feel, reflecting the emotions of the poem. Lines are placed irregularly, some indenting further than others, giving the poem its playful feel as they run irregularly down the page. Structural aspects play an important role in the creation of tone within the

All times, the disappearance of cherishable beings brings people unbearable agony. Eventually, they cry, and then suffer more heartache, yet the attitudes when confronting a farewell vary dynamically within individuals. In Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” and Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art”, both speakers experience a painful loss. However, while Thomas strongly opposes the undeniable fact of his father’s death process, Bishop reluctantly accepts the departure of her beloved. The two speakers react differently to recover from the ineluctable sadness, to regain inner peace. In the end, the poems’ comparison concludes losing valued relations is distressingly unavoidable, and that there is no ideal way to cope with losses. Therefore,

Not only do these poems share differences through the speakers childhood, but also through the tones of the works.

The two poems are similar in their corresponding feeling of dread for death. Using diction,

In the first place, the novel and poem are similar because both narrators seem depressed. They seem to feel

Both the “Valediction Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson contain age-old themes. These themes focus on inevitable feelings and events of life; love and death. Although both “Valediction Forbidding Mourning” and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” contain the two themes, they differ greatly in how they are presented and what they represent. In “Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” a husband traveling away from his wife is consoling her.

Two poems that deal with the harsh reality of death, done tastefully and beautifully in very different ways. They have similar tones with different executions, Both convey the theme of loss though one feels more like a story and the other more like a speech, and both were written in the aftermath of a beloved president's assassination.

His hopeful mood allows the reader to comprehend the level of emotional connection he had to Annabel. This proves the speaker’s love never being deceased, despite being separated from his true love forever. On the contrary, in “Funeral Blues” though the deceased loved one is not revealed to be either a family member nor a partner to the speaker, it evident to see the pain and grief brought upon the speaker as he/she demands the whole world to

This poem is written in ballad form which is odd because one would think of a ballad and think a love story or an author gushing on about nature not an allegory about personified Death. Dickinson both unites and contrasts love/courtship with death, experimenting with both reader’s expectations and the poetic convention dictating specific poem form. This is why Dickinson is widely hailed because of her unconventional writing methods.

In the story," The waiting man", and the poem," If he wakes in your arms. " The characters in each story were experiencing the loss someone who they loved very much. However, they both experienced whay they lostm and the feeling also

There are differences in these two poems such as the setting and where the narrator went after he/she died. In ?Because I could not stop for Death?, the setting is outside where it is cool. I know this because the poets write, ?We slowly drove-,? and ?The dews drew quivering and chill-? In the poem, ?I heard a Fly buzz when I died?, the setting is in a warm and moist room. I know this because the poet writes, ??The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air-?. The narrator in ?Because I could not stop for Death?, died and had an after life where death is leading him/her. The poets tells us this, ?Since then-tis Centuries- and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses Heads Were toward Eternity?. The narrator in the poem, ?I heard a Fly buzz when I died?, did not have an after life. I know this because the poet writes, ?And when the Windows failed- and then I could not see to see?. These are a few differences between the two poems.

One of the first elements of Graveyard Blues is its structure. Working within traditional poetic structures is a characteristic of Trethewey, but it might seem surprising for a poem retelling a major

The tone in both of the poems remain dark and solemn as expected of elegies and matching the theme of destruction. However, as ‘Lament’ explores the effects of a single event; the tone used is more reflective. The continuous use of the