Poem Comparison

In literature, themes shape and characterize an author’s writing making each work unique as different points of view are expressed within a writing’s words and sentences. This is the case, for example, of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee” and Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death.” Both poems focus on the same theme of death, but while Poe’s poem reflects that death is an atrocious event because of the suffering and struggle that it provokes, Dickinson’s poem reflects that death is humane and that it should not be feared as it is inevitable. The two poems have both similarities and differences, and the themes and characteristics of each poem can be explained by the author’s influences and lives.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Good morning Ms Linton and students, today I will be informing you on why you must choose these two poems for the poetry speaking contest. The poems I have chosen are ‘The Man from Ironbark’, by Banjo Patterson as well as ‘He Started the Cycling Craze’ by myself. Narratives help the readers enjoy and understand poetry as it is a way the poets can connect to their readers by using storylines that may relate to them or something that they enjoy.

In her poem, “Lady Lazarus,” Sylvia Plath uses dark imagery, disturbing diction, and allusions to shameful historical happenings to create a unique and morbid tone that reflects the necessity of life and death. Although the imagery and diction and allusions are all dark and dreary, it seems that the speaker’s attitude towards death is positive. The speaker longs for death, and despises the fact the she is continually raised up out of it.

A Different Love Story In the poems “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes and “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns, there are a lot of similarities, but there are slight differences in those similarities. There are similarities and differences in the symbolism, tones and themes of the two poems. In both of these poems, it is about showing their love to the girl. In my opinion, I think that “Stereo Hearts” is a better poem because, I can relate to how that author is feeling in the poem.

poem it says, “…and looking down into…” as if to say that the Bin Men

Matt Skiba’s song “Blue In The Face”, performed by Alkaline Trio in 2003, is written in a first person narrative directed towards a former lover. Skiba uses dark connotations and satanic allusions to portray his emotions and describe the various reasons he thinks she left that night, how he feels about the situation that happened and lastly that he wants her back.

There are many people who travel a distance in life to find the path they should take or to remember the path they once took. In the poem “The Path Not Taken,” by Robert Frost and the short story "I Used to Live Here Once" by Jean Rhys there are many similarities and differences. The authors’ use of describing a path helps them personify life’s journeys and self-reflection.

Compare and Contrast Poems can have many types of hidden messages. It all depends on how you interpret them. In poems somethings are literal and others are just figurative. My two poems are “The Village Blacksmith” by famous poet, Emily Dickinson, and “Morning Song” by another well known poet, Sylvia Plath.

In my poetry comparison essay I have gone through a number of different changes throughout my essay. One of these changes I the manner of how I use language throughout my essay. For example, previously I used the lines such as “pilgrims and poetry readers are similar because of the trails they faced,” now, after revising my essay the same line reads as such, “Pilgrims and poetry readers share a similar bond as both at one point or another must face hardship.” Another example of something I changed in my revision of my poetry essay is the grammar I used. For example, one of the lines that I changed in my essay read as such, “when the pilgrims faced hardships, they simply had to tough it out.” The know revised line after some grammatical changes,

had died and he would never see him again. In the poem, the poet goes

Each poem and chapters contain several things that have different points of views. In poem XX, a good and bad action is mentioned, asking what is good and what is considered bad. Although most people know the difference between good and bad, many focus on the bible’s assumption of good and evil and right or wrong due to the ten simple commandments that God gave. God stated that He was a jealous God and that no other gods should be put before Him and that the people had to obey his commandments in order to enter His kingdom.

In each line of the first stanza, there are two groups of two syllables with the second syllable of each group being accented. In each stanza, the second and forth lines rhyme which allow a night of passion to be captured in just a few short words. The verbs are not as active as they

The two poems I’ve selected are “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, and “The Snow-Storm” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Speaking in the story Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, is a man riding his horse through some really dark woods, trying to get to where he has to be. In The Snow-Storm, the author, Ralph Waldo Emerson, is speaking of a real cold winter storm that happens to delay everyone’s daily activities that had been going on. Both poems center around the images of snow, however they differ in the way in how they describe the snow.

How Sylvia Plath's Life is Reflected in the Poems Daddy, Morning Song, and Lady Lazarus

There is a rhythm throughout the poem with strong rhyme, this pattern is like heavy breathing you have when you try to go to sleep it could also represent the rhythmical counting of sheep.