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Comparing Lost Boy And Alone

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Songs and poems can have the same meaning and still impact thousands of people's lives. The song “Lost Boy” written by Ruth Berhe has a theme of being lost, and the poem “Alone” written by Edgar Allan Poe also has the same theme. Both have many differences and some similarities but the song is more poetic than the poem. The poem has a sadder theme to it never having friends, but the song has more of a happier theme because the use of imagination makes it better.In the song it shows repetition, similes and personifications. In the poem it only shows some repetition, but they both have lots of imagery to help the mood. The song The song “Lost Boy” by Ruth Berhe is more poetic and artistic than the poem “Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe because of the use of repetition, personifications and similes. …show more content…

In “Lost Boy” has more of an imagination to what you are picturing. In “Lost Boy” it states “He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe”(Berhe line 22). When reading the line you can literally see someone being sprinkled with pixie dust. “Alone” has things that you see more often in the real world than in “Lost Boy”. In “Alone” it states “from the red cliff of the mountain, / from the sun that round me rolled”(Poe lines 14-15). You can see the mountain in the early light. Songs are not less literary than poems but are sometimes better than poems. “To say that this means song lyrics are less literary than poems, or require less skill or intelligence or training or work to create, is patently absurd”(Zapruder 1). Both are strong but the song has more literary devices to make it just a little

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