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Bright Star Comparison
While both John Keats’s “Bright Star” and Robert Frost's “Choose Something Like a Star” deal with the steadfastness of stars, they differ in that Keats relates it to a romantic couple while Frost relates it to a man struggling for guidance. “Bright Star” relates the qualities of a star, for better or worse, to a man longing to stay in his lover’s company. “Choose Something Like a Star” The tone that each poet uses to help describe the narrator’s view of the stars is quite similar. Keats is skeptical of the loneliness that stars experience, but can overlook that skepticism due to his tremendous admiration of the star’s steadfastness. Frost greatly appreciates and respects the star, desperately looking towards it for advice.
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