Comparing Two Poems

In The Seafarer the man faces conflict of how he decided to live his life. Although he beat himself up over not having a family he still decided to get back on the ship, because to him the sea was what made him who he was today. In The Wanderer the soldier lost his identity due to the death of his lord. The soldier puts himself into exile to try to find a new lord who will be as loyal and rewarding as his last lord. In The Wife’s Lament the wife’s husband leaves her and she was put into exile by her husband’s family. After put into exile the wife ends up on the streets because she has no family there and no way to for the wife to get back to her family. The problems of all the poems are very different but all the problems affected the main characters.

While reading both stories, they both seemed to share the same theme. The theme that both stories shared is the dedication to do work even if it isn’t necessary. In, “Clearing Paths to the Past” The person states they have an obligation to clear their sidewalk so others can use the sidewalk to get somewhere. In, “To be of use” the person telling the poem explains how they love to be dedicated to doing work even when they do not need to do the work with any effort.

When isolated from society, loneliness becomes a part of you. In the poems, The Wife’s Lament translated by Ann Stanford and The Seafarer translated by Burton Raffel, are two similar and different poems. The characters in these poems handle their exiles in different ways. The way the two characters reflect from their exile is based off Anglo-Saxon values and beliefs. These poems compare and contrast the exile between men and women.

The main similarity is that your home can travel. Shammas, for example, uses this traveling idea when the character moves from Palestine to the United States. However, he never truly leaves home as he brings things to remind him of Palestine. On the other hand, Iyer uses the traveling idea to argue that home can be anywhere that you visit or want it to be and that it does not necessarily need to have a significant meaning to you. Botton however includes the traveling idea as a way to convey that it opens your mind and aids in making you look at things around you differently.

5. Egypt invaded Kush during the New Kingdom period. The results of Egyptian occupation included the brutal exploitation of Nubian laborers and the imposition of Egyptian culture on the Nubian people.

Furthermore, some differences between the two poems are the social statuses of the main characters. In “Cross” the young mulatto is not accepted of favored by either of his races. He is pushed to the outside and

The title ‘Homecoming’ is a significant contrast to the traditional universal implication of the word with the reality of the dead soldiers being brought home, to their grieving families. The word “homecoming” usually implies a heroic or reception for a great achievement however Dawe has effectively placed it to represent the death, mourning and loss of a loved one. The poet uses powerful representation to emphasise the emotional damage caused to family or friends through the loss of a loved one. The striking personification used on lines 23-24: “telegrams tremble like leaves from a wintering tree and the spider grief swings his bitter geometry”, exemplifies the arbitrary grief that affects those who receive notices. Gaining an emotional distance through the use of a third person voice, the poem enables the reader to view the tragedy in its entirety. Repeating “home, home, home” accentuates the emotional ties of the soldiers, a technique indicative of the monotony of the experiences involved in warfare. By exposing the destructive aspects of war Dawe removes war from its falsely glorified

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.

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.

Have you ever read two poems that are very similar, but have distinct differences? "The Grasshopper' by Conrad Potter Aiken and "The Tiger" by William Blake are excellent examples of two poems that are related while being distinct. "The Grasshopper" talks about a little grasshopper hopping about in the grass during the summer, playing his little song "like rusty fiddles." The other poem, "The Tiger", is about the creation of the tiger, and how it's different body parts, such as the heart and the brain, were made. Blake makes an analogy between a blacksmith making something with his hammer and anvil and a divine being creating the tiger. Both of these poems are about animals, but the poets are awestruck by the wonder and beauty of the grasshopper and the tiger. "The Grasshopper" is very lighthearted and informal, while "The Tiger" is more dark and formal.

Moreover, the speaker uses words that describe distance such as “far”(11) and “further”(3) that in this poem, perhaps referring to his relationships to the society. Even the first impression of the poem, the comical tone, now signifies the lightness meaninglessness of these connections without sincerity. This contrast between the two tones indicates how the speaker feels as if he is separated both physically and mentally from his surroundings like the society, his friends or even his family.

“My City” and “Famous” Comparison The poem titled “My City”, and the song “Famous”, are both works that have a similar topic to one another. Both express a reflective tone, and make the reader think back on their life to what they want to remember or be remembered for. The overall ideas of the poem and song go together well, and both do a fantastic job of expressing these ideas. While they are both written with much thought and precision, there are differences that can be found.

The speaker refers to the night as his acquaintance. This implies that the speaker has a lot of experience with the night, but has not become friends with it. Thus, because even the night, which has been alongside the speaker in comparison to anything or anyone else, is not a companion to the speaker, the idea of loneliness is enhanced. In addition, “rain” (2) is used to symbolize the speaker’s feelings of gloom and grief, because there is continuous pouring of the rain, which is unlikely to stop. In line 3, “city light” is used to convey the emotional distance between the speaker and society. Although the speaker has walked extensively, he has not yet interacted with anyone – thus distancing himself even further from society. Moreover, the moon, in lines 11 to 12, is used as a metaphor of the speaker’s feelings. The speaker feels extremely distant from society that he feels “unearthly.” The idea of isolation and loneliness in this poem is used as the theme of the poem; and the use of the setting and metaphors underscores the idea that the speaker feels abandoned from society.

The poem ¨Laughing Heart¨ talks about your life, and tries to persuade you to do something meanwhile with it. The second poem ¨The Journey¨ talks about how you shouldn't listen to everyone and how you have the right to make your own choices. Both poems give us their perspective on how we should live life. Through these poems though you can see a deeper meaning, a meaning about making decisions and life.

In the first poem, the litter chimney sweeper Tom has a dream that “he‘d have God for his father and never long for joy” that show angle give Tom hope and God will be his father and bless him in the next life. Although real life is dark and hard, Tom does not lose hope and after him waking up, he feels happy and warm. The tragic fate of the children chimney sweepers live in miserable situation , but because the angel 's love and mercy , God will make good children's fatherly promise which created an image that God could bring brightness life to poor people. This poem showed William’s sympathy of poor children who live in misery and suffering real life and criticized this dark society. Poet also tell readers that be patient and wait for God to help people. In the second poem, William said that “they think they have done me no jury, and are gone to praise God and his Priest and King who make up a heaven of our misery”, which use irony to show that omnipotent and merciful God not only save the litter chimney sweepers, but also associated priests and King to make a heaven above their painful. Poet does not praise the God; instead, it criticizes the God, Priests and King. On the other hand, he also criticizes the dark religion and politics at that time. Poet fee angry because that although children are trying to become happy, society take away their pure! Poet also pointed out that people are being faced with Religious oppression and political oppression at that time. Thus, these two poems are talking about the same characters, the huge difference of these two poems is that one poem has hope, the other is hopeless.