These two are contrasts of each other because one is a person who is already living, in the afterlife, with Death and goes looking through her old life; the other is a man running from his old life and his fear of Death. Both were written during times of war, so the idea that death is either the friend or the enemy would be share among many people during the time. Some people during war may be willing to walk with death, and others may want to keep death away from them. Both ways a journey is taken and Death is meet eventually whether…
Each of these poems are grappling with the idea of loss and isolation. The isolation, rather than being crippling, is instead uplifting and motivating. It allow the speaker’s a chance to grow from their loss, and in that growth, fight back and resist the perpetrated wrongs. By recognizing what has happened…
Another similarity between the two poems is the use of the structure to represent the feelings of the speaker.…
The Symbolism in both poems various significantly due to the different relationships in each poem and the different emotions the reader feels.…
A short story and poem, no matter how structurally different, are two literary pieces where a rich story is embedded. Readers are drawn towards these scripts by means of rhythm (poem), characterization, or a fictional setting in their respective narratives. However, the mere script would not make it entertaining enough to hold the reader’s attention. It would depend on the imagination of the readers as they are reading the story as to what they take from it. Every reader has their own way of visualizing the descriptions and symbolism used by the author. It is through imagination that the readers are able to interpret what the author is trying to depict within the symbolism and other descriptive languages. The beauty of stories and poems is that they are generated and created through the readers own imagination which consequently allows each individual reader to build their own personal connection with the literary piece. The two literary pieces “The Road Not Taken” (poem) and the short story “A Worn Path” are different in terms of actual writing styles, however they both share the same theme which is every person’s journey is greatly governed by their decisions and no matter how many paths there may be, it is still the choices that the person makes that determine the ending of his or her journey. Each one conveys a theme of life journeys and the challenges and struggles that go along with those journeys. In “The Road Not Taken” it is the journey one must make while trying to choose the right path in life. One path seemingly offers a more familiar road and perhaps the easier of the two. The other path is clearly been less traveled upon, yet yearns to be. In “A Worn Path” the journey that one woman takes on in order to care for her sick grandchild is unfolded. It is…
There are many themes that are seen in both the poems. These include Revenge, Anger, Depression and Death. The two key themes in the both poems; Murder and Jealousy are both portrayed in different ways according to each killer’s motives.…
The first lines of both of these stories talk about theme death. Since the authors being with a funeral moment at the beginning of the story, this is an anticipation of the rest of the story to follow the tone. The setting of both these stories take place in a small town. They are different in the way one is in the south and the…
On main thing both of the poems have in common is that they are both talking about how their parents were. They use a variety of metaphors to suggest what their parents are like. “Gilded finches” and “moon’s eye to me.”…
In contrast, the second poem concentrates more centrally on the aspect of an idealistic, fantasy world, which one escapes to in…
Both the poems “Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” portray different types of diction, attitude, and metaphors to depict the different contrast towards the animals; while in “Traveling through the Dark”, the attitude towards the animals are reverent and humble, “Woodchucks” portray an attitude towards the animals are acerbic and resentful.…
The title of the poem, the widower in the country immediately gives the reader the impression of an individual in a vast area. This lets the readers know that the widower is alone and isolated. Already, the reader already feels sympathy for the widower, not only because he has lost his wife, but he now lives alone in a vast and empty area.…
Stanza 2) This sections describes how the migrants were trying to belong in the new area they were in where they have been isolated from the outside world by relating to experiences, tradition, nationality, etc. The poet uses techniques such as similes to emphasise this.…
People either idealize or resent the upper echelon of society. The song despises the upper class but still thinks the grass is greener on the other side and the other shows him in a more positive light. The song focuses on the miscreant behavior, and the poem talks about idealizing his image. The biggest difference is the view of the upper class the poem holds him in reverence and the song curses him, but both the song and the poem wish for what he had.…
The poetry written explains the loss of many different notions: It consists of "Printed Hawk": telling of the death of an animal., "Moonlight Night": Tells of the loss of someone., "Spring Prospect": Tells of the loss of a nation., "Quang Village I": Tells of the happiness of his arrival home, however through the despair of the possibility of him not arriving., "My Thatched Roof is Ruined by the Autumn Wind": Tells of pieces of the roof being torn away, and children taking pieces leaving a hole in his roof, and his son's rest not being well because of it., "I stand Alone": Tells of his worry at things not being complete., "Spending the night by a tower by the river: Tells of his loss of sleep due to battles., "Thought while traveling at night": Tells of what he is like at night and being similar to a gull., "Ballad of the Firewood Vendors": Tells of the losses due to battles., And "Autumn Meditation IV": His thoughts are represented on his old homeland". The poems are a creation representing his life and history he has seen, through many losses, sadness grief and pain brought on by…
Firstly, what makes the setting of this poem so memorable is the picture that he paints of an ordinary family that finds out that something is wrong with their dog. The plot was intriguing because you can vividly see the dog’s…