Robin Williams declares that you must accept life and look at in a different perspective in the movie Dead Poets Society. “I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.” It is demonstrated through “The Road Not Taken” and “O Captain, My Captain” that both poems have a comparing and emotional effect on the readers. The poems “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “O Captain, My Captain” by Walt Whitman both have very similar and common characteristics creating comparing effects. Common characteristics are proved through irony, imagery and perspective.
It is important to note the irony of the two poems to portray the comparisons. In “O Captain, My Captain” the irony is that although the “Captain” saved the country, he risked his own safety and life and was killed in the end. He had made a difficult decision to save many people. “From fearful trip the
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They both compare the poems very well. Imagery in “The Road Not Taken” was shown by the narrator describing the setting and scenery of the poem. “It was grassy and wanted wear; though as for that the passing there, had worn them really about the same.”(II,III) Imagery contributes a lot to the meaning of the poem because, without the description of the setting, it would not makes sense that the narrator was indecisive about choosing a certain path. In “O Captain, My Captain” imagery is shown when describing the situation of the life on the deck. “for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning” (II,II) Without imagery in the context of the poem, the readers would not be able to sense the emotions both writers and characters are feeling. Both poems are connected and have share a common relationship on the topic of imagery. Imagery is a very important factor that compares both
Robert Frost and William Shakespeare have been celebrated by many people because of their ability to express themselves through the written word. Here we are years after their deaths analyzing these fascinating poems about life and death. It’s clear they had similar thoughts about this subject at the time of these writings, even though their characters could not have been more opposite. For both poets, life is too
As evident by the title of this poem, imagery is a strong technique used in this poem as the author describes with great detail his journey through a sawmill town. This technique is used most in the following phrases: “...down a tilting road, into a distant valley.” And “The sawmill towns, bare hamlets built of boards with perhaps a store”. This has the effect of creating an image in the reader’s mind and making the poem even more real.
Stanza 1-Speaker of poem in the woods. The wood is sunny, bright, it is Fall. He comes to a fork in the road. He’s trying to choose one road. He can only take one. He looks down one path and he can see pretty far but he doesn’t see where it will take him.
This shows he knows how to write a love poem and he again he has all the right techniques for persuading a person. The second poem does also use imagery, however in a different way and for a different purpose. The narrator is describing the duchess to the emissary “That’s my last duchess painted on the wallâ€Â. This shows he is only describing the painting but as he is using the imagery he describes what she was like and how she made him angry. However as he describes her it makes her seem like she is just an object, which she was to him. This is his view of woman, that they belong to a man which was very common belief at that time. From the poetic devices used their attitudes are different because in the first he shows his sensitive side and tries to put a bit of romance into it. However the imagery in the second goes against him as he believes that she was his object and belonged to him.
There are many similarities to compare in the poems “O Captain, My Captain” and “Shiloh: A Requiem”. One similarity is that both poems clearly use repetition throughout them. In the poem “O Captain, My Captain” many phrases are repeated, including, “Fallen cold and dead”, “Fearful trip”, and “bells”. This displays how Walt Whitman, the author, uses repetition to stress certain points that he wanted to make clear. He repeats these things to stress how much of a tragic and horrible event this was. Likewise, the poem “Shiloh: A Requiem” repeats the words, “Shiloh”, and “Foemen”. This
Another similarity can be found in both of the poems due to their mutual usage of the same Greek myth—Icarus. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology details the myth of Icarus as follows, “At first all went well as they flew out over the sea, but then Icarus was fatally overtaken by the joy of flying freely through the air. Forgetting
Imagery allows the reader to hear and connect to the story by using onomatopoeia and see what is happening in the poem.
Another similarity can be found in both of the poems due to their mutual usage of the same Greek myth, which is about Icarus. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology details the myth of Icarus as follows, “At first all went well as they flew out over the sea, but then Icarus was fatally
One comparison of the two poems is describing what people do to be an American. Whitman describes different people and how they show living like an american. One example from his poem is," The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, " He tells of specific
Each of the poems relies heavily on imagery to convey their respective messages. Often throughout each of the poems, the imagery is that of people. However, each uses similar imagery to very different, yet effective ways to explore the same
Now, when it comes to technical similarities between the two poems (i.e. rhyme scheme and meter), there aren’t any, so instead of stating all they don’t have in common, we’ll just move straight on to the similarities in their subject matter. Of course, the most glaring similarity between the two is that they both feature a gloomy sailor
“To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle,” said by Walt Whitman. The poem “O Me! O Life!” by Walt Whitman talks about the contributions that people can give in life. Robert Frost’s poem, “Road Not Taken” talks about the impact of different choices a person makes in their life. The poem by Carl Sandburg, “Who Am I” discusses how truth is the bases of life. The common thread shared between all three poems is the hardships that life has to offer, because although, when it comes to troubling times what is the right choice.
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Death, be not proud” by John Donne are two poems with different meanings but share one of many of the same themes. Although the poems share different meanings as a whole, the reader can conclude the same common theme from both of these poems. Even though the reader may think the poems lack a same common theme, the theme is revealed by the end of both these poems. These two poems share the same theme of hopes and dreams. As the reader explores the same common theme of these two poems, the literary devices of personification, imagery, alliteration, metaphor, and irony can be seen throughout these poems as well.
In the Robert Frost poem ‘’The Road Not Taken’’ there is a pervasive and in many ways intrinsic sense of journey throughout. In such, the poem explores an aspect associated with human decision, or indecision, relative to the oxymoron, that choices with the least the difference should bear the most indifference, but realistically, carry the most difficulty. This is conveyed through the use of several pivotal techniques. Where the first such instance is the use of an extended metaphor, where the poem as a whole becomes a literary embodiment of something more, the journey of life. The second technique used is the writing style of first person. Where in using this, the reader can depict a clear train of thought from the walker and understand
Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler faced with a choice of which one of two roads to travel. He knows not where either road might lead. In order to continue on his journey, he can pick only one road. He scrutinizes both roads for the possibilities of where they may take him in his travels. Frost's traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless of his choice, he knows that he will miss the experiences he might have encountered on the road not taken.